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Bir Sreshtho Nur Mohammad birth anniversary observed in Narail

The 87th birth anniversary of Bir Sreshtho Nur Mohammad Sheikh was observed at Nur Mohammad Nagar in Chandibarpur union under sadar upazila of the district today morning.

Nur Mohammad Nagar was earlier known as Mahiskhola where he was born.
Mahiskhola was renamed after Nur Mohammad as Nur Mohammad Nagar to show respect to the war hero, sources said.

The Bir Shrestha Nur Mohammad Sheikh trust and district administration organised various programmes to mark the day.

The birth anniversary programme began with the recitation from the Holly Quran at 8:00 am.

The programmes also included giving guard of honour at Nur Mohammad Nagar at 10:00 am, offering prayers seeking eternal peace of the departed soul at 10:30 am in the Nur Mohammad Sheikh Memorial Museum and Library auditorium.

People visited his grave at Kashipur of Sharsha in Jashore district and said prayers standing by the grave today.

Nur Mohammad was born on February 26 of 1936 at Mahiskhola village under Chandibarpur union of Narail. He joined the then East Pakistan Rifles (EPR), which is now Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), on February 26, 1959. He later took part in the independence war in 1971.

Nur Mohammad was killed on September 5, 1971 at Goalhati in Jashore by firing of the then Pakistan occupation army.

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