Historic Kagmari Conference Day observed in Tangail

The 63rd anniversary of historic Kagmari Conference Day was observed at Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University in Tangail yesterday.

In the morning, Bhashani Parishad placed a wreath at the memorial plaque that was constructed on the campus on the occasion of the conference’s 50th anniversary. Of the numerous political programmes organised by Bhasani during his long political life, Kagmari Conference of 1957 remains the most prominent and unforgettable one, said speakers at the event. 

It is a milestone in the history of the movement for independent Bangladesh. The pledge to form a non-communal and democratic country was declared from the conference, they added.

Kagmari Conference, the council meeting of the then opposition Awami League along with a cultural conference, was held on February 6-10 in 1957 at Kagmari in Tangail.

The main agenda for discussion in the session was full autonomy for the then East Pakistan.

Among others, Mohammad Mofizul Islam Maznu, president Bhashani Parishad; Mohammad Ipiar Hossain, president of the university unit of the parishad; MA Azad Sobhani Al Bhashani, general secretary of the unit, attended yesterday’s event.