Mujib Year

Mujib Centennial
Logo of Mujib Year, designed by Sabyasachi Hazra
Also calledMujib Chironton (The Eternal Mujib)
Observed byBangladesh
TypeNational
Begins17 March 2020
Ends31 March 2022[1]
Date2020–21
Related toSheikh Mujibur Rahman
Golden Jubilee of the Independence of Bangladesh

Mujib Year (Bengali: মুজিব বর্ষ, romanized: Mujib Borsho), also known as Mujib Hundred (Bengali: মুজিব শতবর্ষ, romanized: Mujib Shatoborsho), was the year declared to celebrate on the occasion of the centennial birth anniversary of the founding leader of Bangladesh, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. The Government of Bangladesh had declared the year 2020–21 as the Mujib Year.[2] This year was celebrated from March 17, 2020, to March 31, 2022 (extended by one year, from 17 March 2021 to 31 March 2022).[3] Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib was born on March 17, 1920, in Bengal Presidency (now in Tungipara village of the Gopalganj district of Bangladesh).[4]

Again, on March 26, 2021, Bangladesh marked the half-centenary of its independence.[5] The announcement of the year 1971 is particularly important as Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was leading the Bangladesh's struggle for independence actively.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Bangladesh was cancelled[6] after the Government of Bangladesh decided to avoid mass-scale celebrations on March 17 following the detection of three cases of coronavirus infection. Modi joined the birth centenary celebration of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on March 17 through video conference.[7] Later, all public gatherings and occasions were declared as postponed due to the coronavirus.[8]

Following the global coronavirus outbreak and the identification of infected patients in Bangladesh, on March 8, the Government of Bangladesh and the National Implementation Committee to Celebrate the Birth Centenary announced a small pre-March event in public interest and public welfare.[9] At the same time, it was announced that the visit of the invited heads of state of different countries had also been canceled.[10]

  1. ^ "Mujib Year extended to March 31". prothomalo.com. 8 January 2022. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
  2. ^ "PM announces 'Mujib Year'". The Daily Star (Bangladesh). 21 March 2019. Archived from the original on 2024-02-23. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Mujib Borsho extended till March 31". 2020-12-16.
  4. ^ "Mujib Timeline". Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  5. ^ "Bangladesh on way towards half century". The Asian Age. 18 September 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  6. ^ Bengali Desk (2020-03-08). "করোনা ভাইরাস: মুজিব বর্ষে বাতিল হল মোদীর ঢাকা সফর". Kolkata24x7 (in Bengali). Retrieved 2020-03-12.
  7. ^ "Mujib Borsho Celebrations: Modi to join thru' video conference". The Daily Star. 2020-03-12. Retrieved 2020-03-12.
  8. ^ "Mujib Year inauguration program postponed". 9 March 2020.
  9. ^ "১৭ মার্চ মুজিব বর্ষের মূল অনুষ্ঠান হচ্ছে না, অনুষ্ঠানে কাটছাঁট". First Light (in Bengali). Retrieved 12 March 2020.
  10. ^ "আসছেন না বিদেশিরা". Inquilab (in Bengali). Retrieved 12 March 2020.