The 80th birth anniversary of veteran freedom fighter and mayor of undivided Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) and former president of Dhaka City Awami League Mohammad Hanif will be observed today in a befitting manner.
Mayor Mohammad Hanif Memorial Foundation will organise a doa and milad mahfil marking the day. Various social-political organizations, including Mayor Mohammad Hanif Smriti Sangsad, have taken elaborate programmes.
The events include visiting his grave in city's Azimpur area at 11am, offering Quran-khawani, arranging doa and milad-mahfil and distributing foods among destitute people.
Mohammad Hanif, a close associate of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, was born to a respected muslim family in Old Dhaka on April 1, 1944. He played an active role in all democratic movements, including 69's Mass Upsurge and 1971 Liberation War.
The anti-liberation forces under the direct patronage of the BNP-Jamaat alliance government launched a grenade attack on August 21, 2004 to assassinate Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
On that day, the leaders of Awami League, including Mohammad Hanif, made a human shield and saved Sheikh Hasina.
As a result, many sprinters of grenades pierced various parts of the body of Hanif, including his brain.
Later, he died on November 28 in 2006 at the age of 62 due to the injuries.