Historic Six-point Day today
The historic Six-point Day, marking the demand for autonomy for the then East Pakistan, is being observed today virtually across the country amid the Covid-19 outbreak.
The nation commemorates the Awami League-led movement for autonomy in 1966 that ultimately led to the liberation struggle.
This day in 1966, 11 people, including Monu Mia, Shafiq and Shamsul Haque, were killed in police firing during a hartal called by Awami League in support of its six-point programme announced by party leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, demanding autonomy for the then East Pakistan (Now Bangladesh).
The six-point programme, known as the Magna Carta of the Bengalis, resulted in a massive movement against the misrule of the central government.