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Dhaka
rime Minister Narendra
Modi on Friday handed
Pover the Gandhi Peace
Prize 2020 to Bangladesh’s Fa-
ther of Nation Sheikh Mujibur
Rehman’s younger daughter.
“It is a matter of pride for
Indians that we got the oppor-
tunity to honor Sheikh Mujibur
Rahman with Gandhi Peace
Prize,” said the Prime Minister
Modi during his address at the
National Day programme in
Dhaka. PM Modi was seen in
a dark colored ‘Mujib Jacket’
as he paid tribute to Bangan-
adhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
during the programme.
“on behalf of all Indians,
I extend my heartiest con-
gratulations to all of you,
all the citizens of bangla-
desh. I pay tribute to ban-
gobandhu sheikh mujibur
rohman ji who sacrificed
his life for bangladesh and
its people,” he said.
The prime minister had ear-
lier met the ‘Muktijuddhso’ or
those who fought in the 1971
Bangladesh Liberation war.
The Prime Minister was on a
two-day visit to Bangladesh
from Friday to attend the cel-
ebration of Bangladesh’s 50th
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the National Day programme of
Bangladesh in Dhaka on Friday. (ANI Photo)
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year of liberation from Pakistan
and the centenary year of its
founder Sheikh Mujibur Reh-
man, the father of Bangladesh
prime minister Sheikh Hasina.
The Prime Minister stated
that one of the first movements
of his life was to join the struggle
for the independence of Ban-
gladesh. “I must have been 20-
22 years old when I and many
of my colleagues had done Sa-
tyagraha for the freedom of the
people of Bangladesh. I even
had the opportunity to go to jail
during this satyagraha for Ban-
gladesh’s struggle for freedom,”
PM Modi said.
Bangladesh has historical,
social and cultural ties with
India and New Delhi has be-
come one of the best develop-
ment partners, Prime Minister
Sheikh Hasina said on Friday.
Addressing the National Day
programme to mark the 50
years of the country’s indepen-
dence, the Bangladesh Prime
Minister said people of her
country always remember In-
dia’s contribution to the coun-
try’s liberation in the 1971 war.
She thanked Prime Minister
Narendra Modi for attending
the National Day programme.
“India is not only our next-
door neighbor, we have histor-
ical, social, cultural ties. The
people and Government of In-
dia were immensely involved in
the evolution process of Ban-
gladesh during our liberation
war in 1971,” she said.
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