The 50th death anniversary of Abdur Rob alias Boga Mia, a freedom fighter, and president of the Pabna District Awami League, will be observed today.
He was close associate of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, said a press release.
Boga Mia was the first to hoist the flag of independent Bangladesh in Pabna district in 1971.
He died in a tragic car accident on February 25 in 1973.