A martyr?
A martyr is someone who dies for his religious faith, as stated in the Cambridge dictionary.
President Zia was killed when Bangladesh was already established. He was killed as a result of internal power struggle within the army, through which he even headed the country!
Given these very clear views, the former speaker's terming him a great martyr, as published in your and other dailies on 10th. April, is misleading and not based on facts.
There were many martyrs in 1971; who lost their lives, and their families are now living in hunger and deprivation. Many more were seriously injured, and they and their families have been reduced to poverty; they are the real martyrs; not President Zia by any stretch of logical facts.
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