Historic Plassey Day today

The 252nd anniversary of historic Plassey Tragedy Day will be observed today across the country.
The Battle of Plassey was fought between the forces of Nawab Sirajuddaula and the East India Company on June 23 in 1757. It lasted for about eight hours, in which the Nawab was defeated by the company forces because of the treachery of his leading general Mir Jafar.

Plassey's political consequences were far-reaching and devastating and hence, though a brief skirmish, it has become known as a battle. It laid the foundation of the British rule in the Bengal. For the English East India Company, Bengal was the catalyst from which the British expanded their territorial domain and subsequently built up the empire, which gradually engulfed most parts of India and ultimately many other parts of Asia as welL
Various socio-cultural organisations have arranged various programmes including discussion meetings to mark the day.

Jatiya Ganatantrik Party (JAGPA) organised a discussion meeting at the Photojournalists Association Auditorium yesterday where BNP Chairperson's Adviser Brig Gen (Retd) ASM Hannan Shah addressed as chief guest.

He said the Government has put the sovereignty of the country at stake by allowing India and Myanmar to grab 15,000 km of the country's maritime boundary.
There is a similarity between the current situation and the defeat in the Plassey battlefield, he said.
He demanded the release of BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia and sending of her two sons-Tarique Rahman and Arafat Rahman Koko- abroad for better treatment.

Presided over by JAGPA President Shafiul Alam Prodhan, the meeting was also addressed, among others, by Krishak Sramik Janata League leader Abdul Kader Siddiqui.