DHAKA: The 52nd death anniversary of Sher-e-Bangla A.K. Fazlul Huq is being observed Sunday, across the country in a befitting manner.

Different political parties, socio-cultural organizations have chalked out various programmes including discussions, placing of wreaths and offering of dua and munajat at his grave in the city.

The Sher-e-Bangla Parishad will organise a discussion at the National Press Club at 3:00pm in observance of the day.

On the eve of the day, President Abdul Hamid, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia issued separate messages.

In the messages, the President and the Prime Minister recalled half-a-century struggle of Sher-e-Bangla for economic freedom of the peasants of this country.

The Prime Minister recalled that it was because of him that the Bengali peasants were freed from feudal exploitation.

Sheikh Hasina remembered his love for the poor and underprivileged and hoped it would inspire people of this country for a long time to come.

Abul Kasem Fazlul Huq popular with the title Sher-e-Bangla was an eminent Bengali nationalist, social democrat, politician and statesman during the first half of the 20th century.

Huq was born to Kazi Muhammad Wajed, from Chakhar, and his wife Saidunnissa Khatun, in his mother`s town of Saturia in Jhalokati district.

He founded the Krishak Praja Party, which championed the rights of the Bengali peasantry. Huq served twice as the Prime Minister of Bengal in British India and was a key figure of Hindu-Muslim unity.

After the end of colonial rule, he became one of the leading statesmen of East Pakistan, serving as its Chief Minister and Governor, and was instrumental in pushing through the first major land reforms in the subcontinent.

Huq supported the Bengali Language Movement of 1952 and established the landmark Bangla Academy in Dhaka in 1954.

BDST: 1048 HRS, APR 27 , 2014