National poet Kazi Nazrul Islam’s 124th birth anniversary today
Today marks the 124th birth anniversary of the country’s national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam, known and regarded as the ‘rebel poet’ for his iconoclastic and majestic literary creations in several genres of Bengali literature.
Born in the Churulia village of Burdwan in the Indian state of West Bengal in 1899, Nazrul had inspired people to fight against injustice and repression through...