Jail Killing Day

Jail Killing Day
Martyred leaders' monument at the Jail Killing site, Old Dhaka Central Jail
Official nameJail Killing Day
Observed byBangladesh
TypeNational mourning day
SignificanceCommemorating the 1975 assassination and extrajudicial killing of the four national leaders of Bangladesh
CelebrationsWreath-laying, prayers, seminars, and discussion meetings
Date3 November

Jail Killing Day (Bengali: জেল হত্যা দিবস) is observed on 3 November every year in Bangladesh. It commemorates the killing of the country's four national leaders: former vice-president Syed Nazrul Islam, former prime minister Tajuddin Ahmed, Captain (Rtd.) Mansur Ali, and former home minister A H M Quamruzzaman on this date in 1975.

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