On this day in 1966, Bangabandhu launched a massive movement against the misrule of the Pakistanis on the basis of the six-point demand

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday paid tribute to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on the occasion of the historic Six-Point Day.

The premier placed a wreath at the portrait of Bangabandhu in front of the Bangabandhu Memorial Museum in Dhanmondi, Dhaka.

After that, she stood in solemn silence for some time as a mark of profound respect to the memory of Bangabandhu, the architect of Bangladesh's independence.

Flanked by senior Awami League leaders, Sheikh Hasina placed another wreath at the portrait as the party chief.

Later, associate bodies of the Awami League, including Chhatra League, Jubo League, Sramik League, Krishak League, Mohila Awami League and Swechchhasebak League, placed wreaths at the portrait of Bangabandhu marking the historic occasion.

On this day in 1966, Bangabandhu launched a massive movement against the misrule of the Pakistanis on the basis of the six- point demand, the Magna Carta of Bangalis demanding autonomy for then-East Pakistan.

The Awami League under the leadership of Bangabandhu called for a daylong hartal on June 7, 1966 throughout then-East Pakistan pressing home the demand for autonomy to end the exploitation, deprivation, subjugation and tyranny of then-central government of Pakistan on the people here.

Ten people, including labour leader Manu Mian, Shafique and Shamsul Haque, were killed as the police and the paramilitary East Pakistan Rifles (EPR) opened fire on the demonstrators on that day in Dhaka, Tongi and Narayanganj during the hartal.

The Pakistani atrocities intensified the movement for provincial autonomy turning it into the historic mass upsurge in 1969 that subsequently caused the downfall of the reign of Ayub Khan.