Amid patriotic zeal and enthusiasm the 47th glorious Victory Day was celebrated at Bangladesh Embassy in Washington DC on Saturday remembering with gratitude millions of freedom fighters who laid down their lives to liberate Bangladesh as an independent nation from the Pakistani occupation forces in 1971.
The two-day celebration reached a new height following the UNESCO’s recognition of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s historic 7 March speech as part of world heritage. The iconic speech was included in the International Memory of the World Register.
Bangladesh Ambassador to the USA Mohammad Ziauddin hoisted national flag and placed floral wreath at the bust of the Father of the Nation.
The Victory Day messages of President, Prime Minister, Foreign Minister and State Minister for Foreign Affairs were read out by officers of the embassy and special prayers offered seeking divine blessings for the martyred freedom fighters and for building a happy Bangladesh.
Speaking on the occasion, Ambassador Ziauddin said after losing the political battle against Bangabandhu’s Awami league in 1971, the Pakistani regime in anger launched brutal genocide against the unarmed Bengalis to silence the Bengali nation from seeking a liberal, democratic and secular society.
Ambassador said Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman captured this sense of desperation in his emotionally charged iconic speech on March 7, 1971 and inspired the nation to liberate the country.
Acting Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Alice Wells, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration Simon Henshaw, foreign diplomats and senior officials of different departments of the US government attended the function.
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