[ALOCHONA] Dhaka road to be named after Indira

Dhaka road to be named after Indira



Dhaka, Apr 4 (bdnews24.com) – The government proposes to name an important road in the capital after late Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi to honour her contribution to the Liberation War. "India played an important role in the 1971 war and Bangabandhu acknowledged that many a time. To honour her, the government is planning to rechristen an important road after her name," said a source in the liberation war affairs ministry.

Then Supreme Soviet presidium chairman Nicholai Vichtorivich Padagarni and prime minister Alexi Nicholai Cosinig had expressed concern over the arrest of Bangabandhu in 1971 and asked the then Paksitani regime to release him, the source said. "Roads named after them in the diplomatic area are also being planned." According to the source, many Indian defence personnel were martyred in the war and a separate monument would be built to honour them in Suhrawardy Udyan.

Since then foreign ministers of Russia and India, Andre Gromiko and Sarder Sharan Singh, played a significant role in favour of Bangladesh, they will be accorded given special honour as well, the source informed. Soviet navy made the Chittagong port mine-free and many of them were dead or injured in the process, "so they would also be recognised for their outstanding contribution," the source added. "The foreign citizens will be given honorary citizenship and they will be presented with a crest of 50 gram gold of 18 carat," the source revealed.

Heads of states, politicians, artists, authors, philosophers and intellectuals, human right activists or students, journalists, professionals, international organisations, defence personnel and civilians, diplomats and women leaders have also been included in the list.

Meanwhile, foreign minister Dipu Moni said the list of the foreign nationals contributing to the Liberation War would be completed this year. "The 40th anniversary of independence will end next Mar 25, but we want to publish the list by December," she said after a meeting of the National Committee on Honouring Foreign Nationals in Liberation War at the foreign ministry on Sunday. "We will sit again by mid-May and discuss a list of over 500 foreign nationals," she said.

In the list, some Pakistani nationals were also included as they also condemned and protested against genocide in Bangladesh, Moni said.

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