India, Bangladesh to jointly celebrate 90th anniversary of legendary poem, “Bidrohi”

July 4, 2012

India and Bangladesh will conjointly lionize the 90th Anniversary of the publication of the legendary poem, “Bidrohi”, by Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam for 3 days beginning from Wednesday July 4, 2012 in Kolkata and Burdwan in India.
Before in the last week of May 2012, India and Bangladesh had conjointly feted the 90th Anniversary of the publication of “Bidrohi” by Kazi Nazrul Islam by organizing a 2 day programme in Dhaka.
The decision to conjointly lionize the 90th anniversary of the publication of the poem “Bidrohi” by Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam was taken by the Prime Ministers of the two nations during the visit of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to Dhaka in September 2011.