Khan Sarwar Murshid's birthday today

Today is the 91st birth anniversary of eminent educationalist, diplomat and intellectual Prof Khan Sarwar Murshid.

Born in Comilla in 1924, he was at the forefront of most of the political and cultural movements of the country from the 1952 Language Movement to the 1971 Liberation War.

He was a professor of English at Dhaka University, a member of Mujibnagar Commission during the Liberation War, ambassador to Poland and Hungary, and chairman of Transparency International Bangladesh. 

He died on December 8, 2012.