Shaheed Noor Hossain Day today
Shaheed Noor Hossain Day is being observed today (10 November).
On this day in 1987, Noor Hossain, who imprinted his bare chest and back with the slogans "Free democracy" and "Down with autocracy", embraced martyrdom in police firing during an anti-autocracy demonstration at Zero Point in the city, now known as Shaheed Noor Hossain Square.
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and other political and social organisations have taken various programmes to observe the day, reports BSS.
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10 November is a significant and memorable day in the history of the democratic movement in Bangladesh as the martyrdom of Noor Hossain and others during the mass upsurge of late 1990 expedited the anti-autocracy movement.
In the face of the movement, the then autocratic ruler Ershad had to step down on December 6 in 1990.
Since then, the day is being observed every year as Shaheed Noor Hossain Day.
