Published on 12:30 PM, November 26, 2016

I haven’t seen Himalayas but have seen Sheikh Mujib: Castro in 1973

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at a Tete-a-tete with Cuban Leader Fidel Castro. Photo: Collected

Embracing Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at the Non-Aligned Summit in Algiers in 1973, Fidel Castro remarked: "I have not seen the Himalayas. But I have seen Sheikh Mujib. In personality and in courage, this man is the Himalayas. I have thus had the experience of witnessing the Himalayas."

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With utmost gratitude and honour to the memories of the former Cuban revolutionary leader, every freedom loving Bangali will remember these words forever.