Abu Sayeed Chowdhury’s birth anniv

Today is the 101st birth anniversary of late Justice Abu Sayeed Chowdhury, former president of Bangladesh.

To mark the occasion, Justice Abu Sayeed Chowdhury National Memorial Council will distribute stipends and certificates among meritorious students soon, said a press release.

Justice Chowdhury was born in a respectable Muslim family at Nagbari in Tangail. He was the only son of former speaker of erstwhile provincial assembly late Abdul Hamid Chowdhury.

He resigned from the post of vice chancellor of Dhaka University on March 15, 1971, protesting murders of two students by Pakistan occupation forces.

He played a significant role in mobilising the world opinion for the cause of Bangladesh. He also played a leading role in anti-autocracy movement in the eighties.