[🇧🇩] Liberation War: Sheikh Mujib and Others
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Remembering the martyred intellectuals
Some dates on the calendar are both painful and inspiring. It is painful due to the unwanted and undesirable incident that took place on a particular date. Again, it also reminds the great sacrifice of some lives that inspires the nation. The Martyred Intellectuals Day, also known as Buddhijibi Dib
Remembering the martyred intellectuals
Tanim Asjad
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Dec 13, 2024 21:31
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Dec 13, 2024 21:31
Some dates on the calendar are both painful and inspiring. It is painful due to the unwanted and undesirable incident that took place on a particular date. Again, it also reminds the great sacrifice of some lives that inspires the nation. The Martyred Intellectuals Day, also known as Buddhijibi Dibosh, is one such day observed by the people in Bangladesh.
Just two weeks before the surrender of the Pakistani Army in 1971, the occupation forces had launched an operation to kill as many intellectuals of Bangladesh as possible. Assisted by the local collaborators, the killing operation led to the death of a number of renowned teachers, doctors, lawyers, scientists, and others. As the occupation forces and their collaborators had already come to know the fate of their own, it was one last assault to turn the country devoid of intellectuals and top professionals.
Killing the intellectuals of then East Pakistan was part of the overall plan to subjugate the Bengali people from the behinning. During the Black Night of March 25, the military junta launched "Operation Searchlight", killing hundreds and thousands of innocent Bangalee people. Intellectuals were specific targets on that fateful night. Ten eminent teachers of Dhaka University, including Gobinda Chandra Dev, Jyotirmoy Guhathakurta and Anwar Pasha, were killed. GC Dev was a distinguished philosopher and scholar and a much respected teacher. To many, he was a saintly person. Late thriller writer and publisher Qazi Anwar Hussain, once in a conversation with this scribe, describing the atmosphere of Dhaka University during the '60s, said: "I saw Professor GC Dev was browsing a book while strolling. Disturbed by a fly trying to sit on his face, the saint-like man was trying to remove it with one hand as his other hand was holding the book."
In fact, throughout the nine months of the war, intellectuals across the country were attacked, abducted and killed. For instance, On April 8, physician Mohammed Shafi, husband of Begaum Mushtari Shafi, in Chottogram, was forcefully abducted by the Pakistani Army and later killed along with his brother-in-law Ehsan. Shafi was reputed for his social and pro-independent activities and extended full support to his wife, Mushtari Shafi, the eminent writer and activist. After the abduction of Shafi, Mushtari fled the country with her children, taking a lot of trouble and joined Sawdhin Banlga Betar Kendra.
December 14, 1971, however, witnessed the final blow to wipe out the intellectuals. Those who were abducted from their houses blindfolded were later found dead at Rayarbazar in Dhaka. The list includes Mufazzal Haider Chaudhury, Munier Choudhury, Shahidullah Kaiser, Dr Mohammad Fazle Rabbee and many others.
As the Pakistani force surrendered on December 16 in 1971, it became Bangladesh's Victory Day. Immediately after independence, Tajuddin Ahmed, the country's first prime minister, declared December 14 as the Martyred Intellectuals Day. Though the full list of the martyred intellectuals is yet to be prepared, their sacrifice is well recognised. Several books provide a vivid description of their lives and works. Bangla Academy published a series titled Sritmi Ekattor (Memory of 1971), compiling martyred intellectuals' memories.
The martyred intellectuals showed that standing against injustice and intimidation is not easy. By sacrificing their lives, they also proved that it is the duty of the enlightened section of society to defend the interests of the country, work for emancipation of people from oppression and all kinds of discriminations. It is sad that more than 50 years later, the legacy of the martyred intellectuals is yet to be consolidated. Intellectuals today mostly fail to live up to the high standard of their predecessors who sacrificed their lives for the country. They sermonise to uphold the spirit of the liberation war of 1971, but fall short of maintaining the principles and values.
Tanim Asjad
Published :
Dec 13, 2024 21:31
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Dec 13, 2024 21:31
Some dates on the calendar are both painful and inspiring. It is painful due to the unwanted and undesirable incident that took place on a particular date. Again, it also reminds the great sacrifice of some lives that inspires the nation. The Martyred Intellectuals Day, also known as Buddhijibi Dibosh, is one such day observed by the people in Bangladesh.
Just two weeks before the surrender of the Pakistani Army in 1971, the occupation forces had launched an operation to kill as many intellectuals of Bangladesh as possible. Assisted by the local collaborators, the killing operation led to the death of a number of renowned teachers, doctors, lawyers, scientists, and others. As the occupation forces and their collaborators had already come to know the fate of their own, it was one last assault to turn the country devoid of intellectuals and top professionals.
Killing the intellectuals of then East Pakistan was part of the overall plan to subjugate the Bengali people from the behinning. During the Black Night of March 25, the military junta launched "Operation Searchlight", killing hundreds and thousands of innocent Bangalee people. Intellectuals were specific targets on that fateful night. Ten eminent teachers of Dhaka University, including Gobinda Chandra Dev, Jyotirmoy Guhathakurta and Anwar Pasha, were killed. GC Dev was a distinguished philosopher and scholar and a much respected teacher. To many, he was a saintly person. Late thriller writer and publisher Qazi Anwar Hussain, once in a conversation with this scribe, describing the atmosphere of Dhaka University during the '60s, said: "I saw Professor GC Dev was browsing a book while strolling. Disturbed by a fly trying to sit on his face, the saint-like man was trying to remove it with one hand as his other hand was holding the book."
In fact, throughout the nine months of the war, intellectuals across the country were attacked, abducted and killed. For instance, On April 8, physician Mohammed Shafi, husband of Begaum Mushtari Shafi, in Chottogram, was forcefully abducted by the Pakistani Army and later killed along with his brother-in-law Ehsan. Shafi was reputed for his social and pro-independent activities and extended full support to his wife, Mushtari Shafi, the eminent writer and activist. After the abduction of Shafi, Mushtari fled the country with her children, taking a lot of trouble and joined Sawdhin Banlga Betar Kendra.
December 14, 1971, however, witnessed the final blow to wipe out the intellectuals. Those who were abducted from their houses blindfolded were later found dead at Rayarbazar in Dhaka. The list includes Mufazzal Haider Chaudhury, Munier Choudhury, Shahidullah Kaiser, Dr Mohammad Fazle Rabbee and many others.
As the Pakistani force surrendered on December 16 in 1971, it became Bangladesh's Victory Day. Immediately after independence, Tajuddin Ahmed, the country's first prime minister, declared December 14 as the Martyred Intellectuals Day. Though the full list of the martyred intellectuals is yet to be prepared, their sacrifice is well recognised. Several books provide a vivid description of their lives and works. Bangla Academy published a series titled Sritmi Ekattor (Memory of 1971), compiling martyred intellectuals' memories.
The martyred intellectuals showed that standing against injustice and intimidation is not easy. By sacrificing their lives, they also proved that it is the duty of the enlightened section of society to defend the interests of the country, work for emancipation of people from oppression and all kinds of discriminations. It is sad that more than 50 years later, the legacy of the martyred intellectuals is yet to be consolidated. Intellectuals today mostly fail to live up to the high standard of their predecessors who sacrificed their lives for the country. They sermonise to uphold the spirit of the liberation war of 1971, but fall short of maintaining the principles and values.
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Govt doesn't consider Bangabandhu the Father of the Nation: Nahid Islam
"Bangabandhu has been made controversial by the Awami League," he saidwww.thedailystar.net
Govt doesn't consider Bangabandhu the Father of the Nation: Nahid Islam
interim government's stance on Bangabandhu
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Nahid Islam, adviser to the Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications, and Information Technology, said today that the interim government does not recognise Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman as the Father of the Nation.
"Bangabandhu has been made controversial by the Awami League," he said in response to a question from journalists at the Secretariat.
When asked if he personally considers Bangabandhu the Father of the Nation, Nahid replied, "The Awami League held power in a fascist manner. They stayed in power by suppressing people's voting rights, through enforced disappearances, killings, and even genocide. Therefore, whatever they declared—whether calling someone the Father of the Nation or designating a national day—such continuities will not remain in the new Bangladesh."
He added that the government wants to rebuild Bangladesh in a new way, which requires bringing a new perspective to history.
When asked if the government considers anything done by the Awami League to be of national importance, the adviser responded, "A government without a mandate has no legitimacy. Many actions were taken during that period, but all of them will be restructured and reassessed."
In response to a question about whether the current interim government considers Bangabandhu the Father of the Nation, he replied, "Certainly not."
He further explained, "If we did, then we wouldn't have a Father of the Nation at all. Many people have contributed to the struggles of this land. Our history didn't start in 1952 alone. We have the anti-British struggle, the movements of 1947 and 1971, as well as those of 1990 and 2024. We have many founding fathers. It is through their struggles that we achieved independence."
The information adviser also commented on the cancellation of certain national days, saying, "The national days being cancelled were imposed by the Awami League. This was fascist behaviour. The government considers them unimportant, which is why they are being cancelled."
He added that a new national day might be established to commemorate the mass uprisings.
I think a lot of people in Bangladesh would agree, even his contemporaries - some of whom are barely around.
There are pictures of him drinking whiskey and hard liquor during March 24th evening with Bhutto at the Dhaka Intercontinental Hotel. Bhutto was one of his best buddies and it is very likely that he had knowledge of the March 25th armed crackdown by Yahya Khan in Dhaka and made arrangements with Bhutto in advance about house arrest in W. Pakistan and was whisked away to safety before the shooting and arson started.
He was not around when East Pakistanis were dying on the streets or even in the interim Bangladesh Govt. (in MujibNagar named after him near the Indian border) which was composed mainly of AL leaders who were having the time of their life in Calcutta, drinking and womanizing. This is well-documented.
How history repeats itself.
Now the newly ousted new generation boomer AL leaders are again also womanizing and drinking/partying sitting in Kolkata. Gareebon ka huq loot leyke bhag gia, some choice words come to mind...
The govt. next door is totally implicit in some of this. They cannot escape responsibility of giving these criminals shelter. Some foreign policy - wow...
Re-designating the call for independence and other Mujib-centric days are a great idea.
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These are petty acts of petty minds. I will hope Bangladesh Armed forces do not do any tit-for-tat action against this.
Deploying more missile-equipped drones for Nazar-dari in the border areas (as well as more Naval assets and subs within the Bay of Bengal) would be a more apt answer.
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Please don't bank too much on our subs as they are 30 years old Chinese Mings.
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'Take oath to uphold the spirit of Liberation War'
Chief adviser urged Bangladeshis to take oath to protect sovereignty of the country on Victory Day
'Take oath to uphold the spirit of Liberation War'
Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus urged Bangladeshis to take an oath to protect the sovereignty of the country on Victory Day
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Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus today said Victory Day, to be celebrated on December 16, is not only a source of pride for us but and also an occasion to take oath to remain united to protect the sovereignty of the country.
"The oath is to remain united, protect the sovereignty of the country, and uphold the spirit of the Liberation War," he said in a message on the occasion of Victory Day.
On this day, Prof Yunus said the Victory Day is a reminder to us to the bravery and sacrifices of our martyrs of the freedom struggle .
"We promise to work together to build a developed, prosperous, and well-governed Bangladesh by the interim government formed through the mass uprising of the students, workers, and people," he said.
Yunus said they are determined to further develop and strengthen the country and enjoy the full benefits of freedom.
"Today is 16th December, Victory Day. This day is a very glorious and memorable day in Bangladesh's history," he said on the eve of the occasion.
On December 16, 1971, Yunus said Bangladesh gained the taste of freedom and self-identity as a nation through the victory in the Liberation War.
"We get our desired freedom in exchange for the blood and sacrifice of millions of martyrs," he said, adding that "I wish Victory Day 2024 a great success."
Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus urged Bangladeshis to take an oath to protect the sovereignty of the country on Victory Day
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Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus today said Victory Day, to be celebrated on December 16, is not only a source of pride for us but and also an occasion to take oath to remain united to protect the sovereignty of the country.
"The oath is to remain united, protect the sovereignty of the country, and uphold the spirit of the Liberation War," he said in a message on the occasion of Victory Day.
On this day, Prof Yunus said the Victory Day is a reminder to us to the bravery and sacrifices of our martyrs of the freedom struggle .
"We promise to work together to build a developed, prosperous, and well-governed Bangladesh by the interim government formed through the mass uprising of the students, workers, and people," he said.
Yunus said they are determined to further develop and strengthen the country and enjoy the full benefits of freedom.
"Today is 16th December, Victory Day. This day is a very glorious and memorable day in Bangladesh's history," he said on the eve of the occasion.
On December 16, 1971, Yunus said Bangladesh gained the taste of freedom and self-identity as a nation through the victory in the Liberation War.
"We get our desired freedom in exchange for the blood and sacrifice of millions of martyrs," he said, adding that "I wish Victory Day 2024 a great success."
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