Shaheed Azim's anniversary of death today
Today is the 40th death anniversary of Shaheed Mohammad Anwarul Azim. On this day in 1971, Shaheed Azim, the then administrator of North Bengal Sugar Mills, was shot dead along with 150 staff of the mill by the occupation Pakistan Army. Shaheed Azim and other staff of the mill were requested by the Pakistan Army to attend a meeting as a ruse and huddled together on the side of a pond on its premises and shot them to death. Shaheed Azim had organised local resistance to impede the movement of the Pakistan Army. The pond was named "Shaheed Sagar". In recognition of his role in the liberation war, the rail station near the mill was renamed “Azimnagar". A milad mahfil and a discussion will be held while a barefooted silent procession will also be taken out marking the day. Every year North Bengal Sugar Mills, which was administrated by the then EPIDC, and local people commemorate the day.
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