Dr. Abdul Mannan
How about Zia's first radio announcement in which he
declared himself as the President of Bangladesh?
Has that announcement is preserved, and still available?
At 19:45 on 27 March 1971, Major Ziaur Rahman broadcast announcement of the declaration of independence on behalf
of Sheikh Mujibur:(the
one that we hear about):
Why he made announcement in English?
Although, he said Joy Bangla.....and asked for
support of the big powers and our neighbour (meaning
India), but he didn't call the masses of Bangladesh
to actively join the armed struggle for the liberation
of Bangladesh ....
Can you enlighten us on the real perspective of
night of 27th March 1971 vis-a-vis the radio
announcement when the Yahia's crackdown and
killings of Bengali people had already started?
What do you think of the formal declaration of
"People's Republic of Bangladesh" by the
leaders in Meherpur [ Meherpur District] on April 17th 1971
[Mujibnagar Day] ?
What was the historic importance of forming
the provisional goverment in exile and it's subsequent
role in the overall liberation war & the victory of the
People of Bangladesh.
Also, it may be worthwhile to discuss the role of
Khondoker Mustaq Ahmed and his attempts to form
a confederation with Pakistan?
bbc bangla mujibnagar day.wmv :
Azad
On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 2:43 AM, Abdul Mannan
<abman1971@gmail.com> wrote:
Prothom Alo published a feature by me on December 17, 2011 on Chittagong 1971. The feature was intended for publication on the Victory Day, but they were running short of space. The December 17 article was edited and part of it was shredded. Quite a few readers sent me mail why I omitted the Zia part of Declaration of Independence? I explained to them what went wrong with P. Alo. I submitted the same article with a different title to Daily Purbokone of Chittagong and they published it on December 16, 2011 in their supplement. For the benefit of the readers I am attaching the PDF format of the article so that readers can go through my original text, if they wished and remove any misgiving. P. Alo is in the habit of doing such things.
Regards and warm wishes.
Mannan
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