Remembering the contribution made by India both in blood and resources, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said the friendship between the two countries was written in letters of blood, reported Dhaka Tribune. 

Officials of both countries are organizing a special memorial meeting on the anniversary of the country's founder Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s historic speech on 6 February 1972 at the Parade Ground in Kolkata. 

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, popularly known as Bangabandhu, had taken part in several political programs with regional and national leaders during his stay in Kolkata in 1972 and had made a historic speech there which was a very significant one in the history of the nation, Hasina recalled on Friday. 

India had made “remarkable contributions” in the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War, she said. From giving food, shelter, and other essentials to ten million Bangladeshis. Many Indian soldiers made supreme sacrifices for the freedom of Bangladesh, she added. 

In an article in Anand Bazaar Patrika, Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen called Bangabandhu the architect of independent Bangladesh. Calling him the most influential person for the people of Bengal, Sen said Bengalis have many things to learn from his vision and ideology. 

Recalling his popularity on both sides of the border, he said Bangabandhu was snatched away from Bengalis through a tragic act of assassination in 1975 but he would always remain in the hearts of Bengalis. 

Sen called Mujib one of the pioneers of secularism, adding the subcontinent has many things to learn from him.  

“The Indian subcontinent is going through a hard situation due to ideological misleading and we have many reasons to seek help from Bangabandhu aiming to get encouraged and direction to this end. Sheikh Mujib’s thoughts and judgments are still relevant,” he was quoted as saying Dhaka Tribune.