DHAKA, Dec 4, 2024 (BSS) - The 61st death anniversary of the champion of democracy and one of the greatest leaders of the undivided India Hussain Shaheed Suhrawardy will be observed tomorrow.

The unparalleled leader of all Indian politics, who had dedicated his entire life to ensure the welfare of the people by upholding democracy, died at a Beirut hotel in Lebanon on December 5 in 1963.

He was alone in the hotel suite at the time of his death.

He was born in a respected Muslim family at Medinipur in West Bengal, India on September 8 in 1892.

Suhrawardy was a Bengali politician and statesman in the first half of the 20th century.

He served as the premier of Bengal in British India and was the fifth Prime Minister of Pakistan.

President Mohammed Shahabuddin and Chief Adviser (CA) Professor Muhammad Yunus in separate messages today paid rich tributes to the memory of Suhrawardy marking his death anniversary.