Today is the 23rd death anniversary of Begum Anwara Khatun, a member of erstwhile Bengal Legislature Assembly.
She died in 1988 after a prolonged illness.
Anwara, one of the founders of the Awami League, opposed the Muslim League government in the Assembly and actively involved in the historic Language Movement in 1952, said a press release.
She was a close associate of Hussain Shaheed Suhrawardy, Maulana Bhasani and Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.