Dhaka, March 8 -- The Bangladesh Embassy in Washington D.C. has observed the historic 7th March, commemorating Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's landmark speech in 1971.

The fiery speech of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the greatest Bangalee of all time, on March 7 at a mammoth rally in the then "Race Course Maidan", now Suhrawardy Udyan, inspired the freedom-loving Bangalees to fight and earn the long-cherished independence of Bangladesh in 1971.

The day's programme of the Embassy commenced with the formal hoisting of the National Flag by Bangladesh Ambassador to the United States Muhammad Imran on the Embassy premises in the morning. Officials and employees of the Mission were present on the occasion.

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