Braving the rough weather, hundreds of visitors gathered at the venue of a two-day exhibition of rare photographs of Liberation War held at the Town Hall premises.
The exhibition was inaugurated by Professor Rafiqul Hoque, vice-chancellor of Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) as chief guest.
Greater Mymensingh Writers-Journalists Foundation (GMWJF) organised the exhibition that concluded on April 7.
The programme also included giving crests to eminent personalities; poetry recitation and rendition of songs.
Artistes of Sammilito Sangskritk Jote performed at the show.
More than 200 photographs taken during the War of Liberation by eminent photographers including international reputed photographer Naib Uddin Ahmed were on display.
Marking the inaugural programme, a discussion was also held.
Eminent cultural organiser Amir Ahmed Chowdhury Ratan, GMWJF president Hamidul Alam Sakha, its secretary Latiful Bari Hamim, organising secretary Chowdhury Nurul Huda and joint-secretary Sharif Talukder; secretary of Mymensingh Nagorik Andolan engineer Nurul Amin Kalam, Sheikh Bahar Majumder of Communist Party of Bangladesh and journalist Neamul Kabir Sajal, among others, addressed the opening session.
Fayzur Rahman Fakir, chairman of Mymensingh sadar upazila parishad presided over the event.
The speakers said that the photographs on Liberation War are an authentic mirror on the history of the war.
They also said that future generations must learn the true history of the country's independence war so that they are not misled by the devious machinations of vested interests.
On the concluding day, crests were awarded posthumously to five personalities for their contribution during the Liberation War: Rafiq Uddin Bhuiyan, international reputed photographer Naib Uddin Ahmed, Kudrat Ullah Mandal and Aminul Hoque and advocate Alokmoy Naha.