MR Akhtar Mukul

Whatever he did with his words by way of taking pot shots at the Pakistani occupation forces over his radio programme could not be matched by thousands of words in print or blasts of gunfire. He acted as a powerful inspirer and motivator on the mass contact side of our freedom struggle. The regular listeners of his extremely popular programme in 1971 can never have an amnesia over his memory. And, the Charam Patras he put together in book-form before he died, can be read by the present generation to get a feel of those times.

We are deeply saddened by the passing away of such an icon of our freedom struggle. We join everyone in recalling his contributions in our fight for liberation. While praying for the salvation of the departed soul, we express our sympathy to his bereaved family. And lastly, we hope that his works will not fade away with the passage of time; the new generations to come will continue to seek inspiration from his contribution that remains a sparkling part of our liberation war legacy.

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