CHITTAGONG: Former Indian President Pranab Mukherjee paid rich tributes to the memory of anti-British revolutionary Pritilata Waddedar while visiting European Club in city’s Pahartali area yesterday morning, reports BSS.

He placed wreath at the monument of Pritilata and went round different rooms of the aesthetically wood-made European Club.

Earlier on his arrival, Chairman of the prliamentary standing committee on Ministry of Railway ABM Fazle Karim Chowdhury, Deputy Commissioner of Chittagong Zillur Rahman Chowdhury and high officials of railway eastern zone received Mukharjee with bouquet.

The then British Government established European Union Club which was attacked by a group of revolutionaries led by Pritilata Waddedar on September 1932, and afterwards Pritilata sacrificed her life by swallowing potassium cyanide to evade arrest by the British army.

Mukharjee also witnessed the arms depot used by British army, located beneath the wood made structure. Before leaving Chittagong for Dhaka, former Indian president visited the British Police Armoury in city’s Dampara Police Line area which was looted by the group of anti British revolutionary Masterda Surya Sen.

Commissioner of Chittagong Metropolitan Police Iqbal Bahar received Mukherjee here.

Assistant commissioner of Chittagong Metropolitan Police Devduth Muzumdar briefed the former Indian president on the glorious history of the British Armoury looting incident on April 30 in 1930, popularly known as Chittagong youth revolt. Mukherjee left Chittagong for Dhaka by a Biman Bangladesh airlines flight yesterday afternoon after wrapping up his one and a half day visit in Chittagong as the Chittagong University conferred upon him a honourary D. Litt on its campus here.