Then on 24 May 1972, after getting permission from the Indian government, then Prime Minister Sheikh Mujibur Rahman brought Kazi Nazrul Islam and his family from Kolkata to Dhaka.

He wrote a song with the lyrics "Mosjideri Pashe Amay Kobor Diyo Bhai, Jeno Gore Thekeo Moazziner Azan Shunte Pai" (lit.

[2] He was admitted to PG Hospital of Dhaka (now Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University) on 23 July 1975.

[3][4] The foundation stone of the project to convert Kazi Nazrul Islam's tomb area into a mausoleum was laid on 25 May 1999[citation needed] and the mausoleum was inaugurated on 27 August 2009 by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina ten years later.

[5] On 16 February 2011, two persons named Jaynath Nandi and Debashish Bhattacharya from West Bengal traveled to Bangladesh on a bicycle with soil from the grave of Kazi Nazrul Islam's wife Pramila Kazi located in Churulia.