March 1971
Situation gets even more critical
The situation in what was then East Pakistan, and is now Bangladesh, was getting more critical by the day.
March 28, 1971: Bangladesh seeks global support
After one of the deadliest nights in the country on March 25, the arrest of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, and the declaration of independence on March 26, freedom fighters kept fighting against the Pakistan army.
March 27, 1971: Zia makes radio announcement on independence
As Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman declared the independence of Bangladesh, resistance began in Chittagong city and many other areas. Intense fighting broke out between the Pakistan military and the freedom fighters.
March 26, 1971: Bangabandhu declares independence
The atrocities committed by Pakistan occupation forces on the night of March 25 and early hours of the next day on unarmed Bangalees ultimately led to the war for liberation. It was proof that there would be no “negotiation”. The dark night prompted Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman to declare the independence of Bangladesh the very next day -- March 26, 1971.
March 21, 1971: Bhutto arrives, meets Yahya
A significant development of the day was the arrival of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto in Dhaka. The chairman of Pakistan Peoples Party had been asked by President Yahya Khan to come to Dhaka and join the negotiations the regime was conducting with the Awami League.
March 20, 1971: No force can stop Bangalees
The fourth meeting between Pakistani president Yahya Khan and Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman had begun, but under
March 19, 1971: First encounter with troops in Joydebpur
Although the Liberation War had not begun, freedom loving Bengalees had already proved that they would do anything for the liberation of their land – even sacrifice their own lives.
March 16, 1971: Yahya's blunder
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and General Yahya Khan held a closed-door meeting on this day in 1971 at the President's House, now Bangabhaban, for nearly an hour without their aides.
MARCH 15, 1971: Yahya arrives in Dhaka for 'negotiation'
As the non-cooperation movement entered its third week, peaceful agitations continued as all offices and business places remained
March 12, 1971: More support for movement
The black flag continued to wave.
March 10, 1971: Bangladesh flag hoisted
The situation in the then East Pakistan was rapidly changing as people from all walks of life responded to the calls of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
March 9, 1971: Hours of solidarity
March 9th, 1971, was a day of solidarity.
The Treasury Officer and those dark days of March 1971
This is the story of my father who was a civil servant assigned as the treasury officer of Dhaka in 1971.
Rayerbazar memorial
The Rayerbazar momorial is the site we go to pay our respects every year to intellectuals massacred on the eve of victory on December 14, 1971.
The trial is more important than the accused
Here we publish a letter written by Kamruddin Ahmad to the Law Minister on November 21, 1972. Kamruddin Ahmad was a Language Movement hero, politician, lawyer and diplomat.
“I Don't Like Twirling the Baton of Politics”
BEFORE we knew it, it was the year 1970. There were political movements all around. The confrontations of the students and the public of East Bengal had reached their peak.
Bangladesh's Liberation War -- Documents and History
Here we publish an excerpt from Hasan Hafizur Rahman's introduction to History of Bangladesh War of Independence: Documents, the largest collection of the Liberation War documents.
A journey through light and shadow
BANGLADESH'S War of Independence in 1971 was the culmination of a prolonged movement for emancipation from economic, political and cultural subjugation by West Pakistan.
The independence movement of Bangladesh
DURING the latter half of the last [ 19th] century, when the poet Nabinchandra Sen was a student of Presidency College, the boys from West Bengal used to poke fun at him by calling him a 'Bangal.'