Indeed a very thoughtful article requires thoughtful response. I Guess you had to be in TAJUDDINS state of mind to make the decision, the thing is was having killed the way to address the issue. Though I have no reason to question the aggrement signed and its validity, I would still like to see a signed copy to belive so. Even at that I would like to analyze the situation...
Lets look at authors claim that as some where it States Sheikh Mujib got along with Zia Though he made his much proclamation of independence on behalf of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman... Much talked about Sheikh Mujib negotating with West until 17 March or so..even at that in his 7th March Speech..Sheikh Mujib did " Ask for every one to BUILT A FORTRESS IN THEIR HOUSE' In warfare terminology that is a very defensive posture then an offensive posture. We even had Bangladesh Own Flag back then, Red & Green with Map of Bangladesh. I wonder who designed that flag... If everything was goody goody between Zia & Sheikh Mujib..Sheikh Mujib would have assigned Zia as Cheif of Staff then Gen Safiullaha who rumored to be junior then Zia. In militiry terminology it was SNUB. In similar situation many would have resigned and opted out of military.it is the lust of POWER...It is just a matter of Full Col Osmani & Major Zia affair if any...their may be justifiable reason why my deceassed father passed up on a qualified Military personel as suitor for my sister, he made it know he did not like Military life style..they have pros and cons and they are changing too..
Major Jalil fought in Chittagong Sector as Mukti Bahani, could have joined Mujib administration same rank as Zia during the war..decided to Join with JASAD...then with ..Justice B. A Chowdhuries Muslim League..he was incacerated..do not know in court martial or not but it is during Zia administration he was incarcerated too. He was not in active duty thus could not have been court martialed...according to after war word Jalil was in the same area..Zia was arround I am sure they knew of each other..Jalail also looked like M. A AZIZ of Chittagong whose son also joined JASAD and contested elections..
About INDIRA TAJUDDIN Pact...lets look at it to win the war they had to get sources to supply arms logistics and etc...I was only 10 when war of Bangladesh Happened, though I was not a freedom fighter. I Followed everything that happend very eagerly..
You will have to find APPLE MAHMOOD why he sang " MORA EKTEY PHOOL KEY BACHABOY Bole Juddho Kori"...and why did we sing...SHONEY EKTI MUJIBORER THEKEY LOKKHO ...I dont think we sang...Ekti Zia'r thekey...
By the way Mrs Ghandi was born Brahmin who married a moslem story had it in a mosque. Who was assasinated in a Sheikh Mutiny...she did quelch Khilistan Movement and sent army in AMRITSAR Holy Shrine. Interesting her party is headed my a Shikh now a days...her two son died one in a plane crash..one ..supposedly by a Tamil he did send Indian military to Sri Lanka..to fend of Tamil guerilla warfare...her husband died in a plane crash too..
AMRIT the Lotion Potion that keeps one alive for ever...that every one wishes too...interstingly MODHUSUDHAN's sonnet was named AMRIT AKHAR CHAONDO..a convert to Christianity.
Interestingly it was a Shikh General that signed the Pak Army surrender document..I did shake hands with that general..Shikhs also fought British like many as PUJAB was annexed into INDIA...Sheikhs are also as the song Goes PUNJAB & SINDU..Sindu is where Bhutto's are from...
India is a free countrty they can build DAM any where they want....if you want to go to war over it go ahead. The thing is Sheikh mujib only goverend 3 year..it has been...41 year since Bangladesh has become independent. of that including this administration...of that only 10 year has been Awami League..28 year of BNP and their allies.
They have done none to solve any of these issue author is talking about now...they also go to India...when they need..Intelligent problem such as DAMs requires Intelligent solution..waiting to India to fllood the land you wish is not going to happen...TITAS EKTI NODIR NAM ( RITIIK GHOTOK)
Abouth the Tajuddin Pact signed...
lets take the last one..INDIA did not invade as agreement stated when ZIA took power..
Ask survivoirs of Khondoakar Mustaque family a man that apprently repented his role before his death and found out who actually... who CONTROLS the trade...
Only thing is Zia family has no repentance they can clap hand in buttock like Jian Bao of China...they give money to Journalist when ever they want to where does this money come from...Nirmal Sen to be specific..who are they trying to buy and why...Tribal insurgency youn will have to get it out of Zia's UPOZILLA YOUTH COORDINATOR...
After was it is HENRY claimed Bangladesh to be..BOTTOM LESS BASKET..we were that source less..then why so much blood shed..
More on...TAJUDDIN pact
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Re: Tajuddin Indira Pact by Debasish Barua, USA, in response to Declaration of Independence: The Controversy Continues by Obaid Chowdhury, USA.
Dear Mr. Barua,
Thanks for reading my article ‘Declaration of Independence: The Controversy Continues.’
Tajuddin-Indira pact was a passing reference in the article. I am glad that it caught your attention, even though you seem have missed the main subject. For your benefit, here are the seven salient points of the Tajuddin-Indira Agreement:
1. Bangladesh will have a para-military force to be organized, equipped and supervised by India.
2. Bangladesh will procure all its military requirements from India.
3. Bangladesh's foreign trade will be controlled by India.
4. Bangladesh's development plans shall be approved by India.
5. Bangladesh's foreign relations shall be guided by India.
6. Bangladesh cannot rescind any part of these agreements without prior approval of India.
7. Indian force shall enter into Bangladesh at any time to crush any resistance or uprising.
2. Bangladesh will procure all its military requirements from India.
3. Bangladesh's foreign trade will be controlled by India.
4. Bangladesh's development plans shall be approved by India.
5. Bangladesh's foreign relations shall be guided by India.
6. Bangladesh cannot rescind any part of these agreements without prior approval of India.
7. Indian force shall enter into Bangladesh at any time to crush any resistance or uprising.
I do not think they need further explanation.
Mr. Barua, I am not aware how old you were in 1971 and your role in our liberation war. If you are in your 50s or below, it is not expected for you to know or remember what really happened during those days. (I happened to be a small-time freedom fighter and knew some hard facts). If your knowledge of our war and the history of the subcontinent are from reading books, it depended on what books and from which angle you read them. There are much more than what catches the eye. One needs to dig deeper for truth.
A highly knowledgeable friend of mine always says, "We fought for independence for one reason (such as we could no longer stay with Pakistan). But India helped us---rather fought its own war with Pakistan---for a totally different reason." In Indira Gandhi's own words, it was for the 'hazaar salon ka badla'. I suppose you are intelligent enough to understand what that badla meant.
Maulan Bhasani once said, "It is India who should be grateful to Bangladesh, not the other way round." He was referring to the huge benefit India gained through the independence of Bangladesh. The breakup of Pakistan and the prospect of making the new country another Sikkim, were just two. The loot of sophisticated huge armaments left by 5 plus Pakistan Army Divisions was another. Major Jalil, 9 Sector Commander, was put on Court Martial because he tried to stop the Indian loot. We have lately seen the use of Bangladesh as corridor to reach India’s inaccessible Seven Sisters.
Nonetheless, we are grateful to India for providing sanctuary and material support in our war. At the same time, we know what cost we had to pay for that. Indira Gandhi's hazaar salon ka badla was not possible without the help of the Mukti Bahini, which fought for 9 months, lost 3 million people---according to Sheikh Mujibur Rahman who did not see the war---with colossal collateral damages. When the defeat of the enemy was imminent, India joined the war on December 4, 1971 just to accept the Pakistani surrender in less than two weeks, sidetracking the Mukti Bahini. The helicopter carrying Mukti Bahini commander Colonel Osmani was shot and disabled over Sylhet so that he could not join the surrender ceremony.
When India entered the war in its eastern sector, Niazi’s forces had already lost the fighting capability with no air power. It might have hastened the surrender but the Mukti Bahini lost an edge. The freedom fighters failed to put the Pakistanis to rout, to an utter defeat at their hands. In fact, India saved Pakistanis, not the Bengalis by entering the war in Bangladesh. India's recognition of Bangladesh on December 6 was a de facto arrangement.
India's love for Bangladesh is evident from the above 7 points! We have been through more intense love affairs since. The 7 points were expanded into a 25-Year Secret Agreement, according to some subjugation, between Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Indira Gandhi. Farrakka barrage has rendered one-third of Bangladesh into semi deserts with far reaching economic and ecological consequences. Tipaimukh is another similar contraption against Bangladesh and the present Hasina government is gleefully accepting it, as her father Sheikh Mujib did for Farrakka in 1974. The wire fencing, the daily Felani brutality, the seizure of South Talpatti, no water in Teesta, the availing of corridor through Bangladesh almost free, the flooding Bangladesh with phensedyls and other harmful drugs, the Swadhin Bangabhumi, the tribal insurgency in Hill Tracts---do I need to mention more?
India's love for Bangladesh is evident from the above 7 points! We have been through more intense love affairs since. The 7 points were expanded into a 25-Year Secret Agreement, according to some subjugation, between Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Indira Gandhi. Farrakka barrage has rendered one-third of Bangladesh into semi deserts with far reaching economic and ecological consequences. Tipaimukh is another similar contraption against Bangladesh and the present Hasina government is gleefully accepting it, as her father Sheikh Mujib did for Farrakka in 1974. The wire fencing, the daily Felani brutality, the seizure of South Talpatti, no water in Teesta, the availing of corridor through Bangladesh almost free, the flooding Bangladesh with phensedyls and other harmful drugs, the Swadhin Bangabhumi, the tribal insurgency in Hill Tracts---do I need to mention more?
Obaid Chowdhury
New York, USA
April 25, 2012
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Tajuddin Ahmad’s seven-point agreement with Indra Gandhi
Abid Bahar
True, "Indian rulers did not want a fully independent and sovereign Bangladesh, but a client state under its hegemony, from the very beginning was made clear in a less publicized seven-point document which Mr. Tajuddin Ahmad, the prime minister of the Bangladesh government-in-exile in India in 1971, was obliged to sign as a condition for India’s direct military campaign in Bangladesh accelerate the defeat and surrender of the Pakistani occupation forces and to install a puppet government in power."(1)
The seven-point document reads as follows [2]:
"(1) A para-military armed force for Bangladesh will be raised under supervision of the Indian military experts; this force shall be stronger and more active than the regular armed forces of Bangladesh .
(2) Bangladesh shall procure all military equipment from India and under planned supervision of the Indian military experts.
(3) Bangladesh shall direct her foreign trade under supervision and control of the Indian government.
(4) Yearly and five-yearly development plans for Bangladesh shall conform to Indian development plans.
(5) Foreign policy of Bangladesh must be compatible with and conform to that of India .
(6) Bangladesh shall not unilaterally rescind any of the treaties without prior approval of the Indian government.
(7) In accordance with the treaties signed before December (1971) war of Pakistan and India , Indian force shall enter into Bangladesjh at any time and shall crush any resistance that may erupt there."
Afsan Chowdhury, wrote: "Indira didn’t have enough confidence in Mujibnagar ( led by Tajuddin) and set up the Bangladesh Liberation Army, Mujibbahini as it was popularly known. It was drawn up of students and youth activists led by one Gen. Ovan, a man who later supervised the raising of the Rakkhi Bahini in Bangladesh. This was done without the knowledge of Tajuddin Ahmed and his allies and many deeply resented it but Indira was buying insurance against the not so dependable allies of 1971. And to her it was India’s war and not anyone else’s.(3) This shows that Indra Gandhi set forth the foundations of Indian hegemony
with Bangladesh.
Alam Mahmud wrote in reaction to people bowing to India and to Indra Gandhi as"the demigod."(4) He says: "History should be assessed with facts not with emotions. We are affected by emotions. Its not honoring the friend rather bowing to the demigod. To me, Bangladesh is a by product of Indo-Pak rivalry which were magnified by the atrocities of hot-headed generals of Pakistan. General DK Palit, a veteran Indian military thinker, stated about 1971 war that the war was over before the battles were won. Indians didn't win the battles but won the war. If you go through world famous military events of that time, the liberation war of Bangladesh has no space but the Indo-Pak war bears the importance. Its their interest to disintegrate Pakistan. They intervened and we are lucky to get a new nation. What Sheikh Mujib wanted is still a mystery. We must celebrate friends but not at the cost of our own existence. Bangladesh could have been an independent state in 1947. Had there been a dominant leadership at that time? ... I think the romance of 1971 is no more relevant today. There are changes in people's mind as well. It will be better to select a middle path to deal with India."
As for Tajuddin, his glorious role in the liberation war must be celebrated but like his master Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib, he was also involved in forgiving corrupted AL goons/ smugglers, one among them was a godfather in Chittagong called Man-serumia who was captured by the Customs in Chittagong but was released by Tajuddin perhaps at the instruction of Bangabandhu Mujib himself. Tajuddin personally visited the custom's office the next day to drop the case entirely. There must be more mystery surrounding behind Tajuddin's sacrifices and betrayals, his rise and fall and his place in ‘the proverbial dustbin of history.
ENDNOTES
[1] K M A Malik, The Sugar-coated Poison India"s offer of ‘help’ to restructure BDR
(2) Oli Ahad, Jatio Rajniti (1945 to 1975), 2nd Ed. , Bangladesh Cooperative Book Society, Dhaka , p. 450. (Cardiff , April 4, 2009)
(3)Afsan Chowdhury,
http://opinion.bdnews24.com/2011/07/25/bangladesh-honours-indira-gandhi%E2%80%99s-1971-war/Afsan Chowdhury,
(4) Indira Gandhi . . . in our collective memory, http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=195763
Abid Bahar
True, "Indian rulers did not want a fully independent and sovereign Bangladesh, but a client state under its hegemony, from the very beginning was made clear in a less publicized seven-point document which Mr. Tajuddin Ahmad, the prime minister of the Bangladesh government-in-exile in India in 1971, was obliged to sign as a condition for India’s direct military campaign in Bangladesh accelerate the defeat and surrender of the Pakistani occupation forces and to install a puppet government in power."(1)
The seven-point document reads as follows [2]:
"(1) A para-military armed force for Bangladesh will be raised under supervision of the Indian military experts; this force shall be stronger and more active than the regular armed forces of Bangladesh .
(2) Bangladesh shall procure all military equipment from India and under planned supervision of the Indian military experts.
(3) Bangladesh shall direct her foreign trade under supervision and control of the Indian government.
(4) Yearly and five-yearly development plans for Bangladesh shall conform to Indian development plans.
(5) Foreign policy of Bangladesh must be compatible with and conform to that of India .
(6) Bangladesh shall not unilaterally rescind any of the treaties without prior approval of the Indian government.
(7) In accordance with the treaties signed before December (1971) war of Pakistan and India , Indian force shall enter into Bangladesjh at any time and shall crush any resistance that may erupt there."
Afsan Chowdhury, wrote: "Indira didn’t have enough confidence in Mujibnagar ( led by Tajuddin) and set up the Bangladesh Liberation Army, Mujibbahini as it was popularly known. It was drawn up of students and youth activists led by one Gen. Ovan, a man who later supervised the raising of the Rakkhi Bahini in Bangladesh. This was done without the knowledge of Tajuddin Ahmed and his allies and many deeply resented it but Indira was buying insurance against the not so dependable allies of 1971. And to her it was India’s war and not anyone else’s.(3) This shows that Indra Gandhi set forth the foundations of Indian hegemony
with Bangladesh.
Alam Mahmud wrote in reaction to people bowing to India and to Indra Gandhi as"the demigod."(4) He says: "History should be assessed with facts not with emotions. We are affected by emotions. Its not honoring the friend rather bowing to the demigod. To me, Bangladesh is a by product of Indo-Pak rivalry which were magnified by the atrocities of hot-headed generals of Pakistan. General DK Palit, a veteran Indian military thinker, stated about 1971 war that the war was over before the battles were won. Indians didn't win the battles but won the war. If you go through world famous military events of that time, the liberation war of Bangladesh has no space but the Indo-Pak war bears the importance. Its their interest to disintegrate Pakistan. They intervened and we are lucky to get a new nation. What Sheikh Mujib wanted is still a mystery. We must celebrate friends but not at the cost of our own existence. Bangladesh could have been an independent state in 1947. Had there been a dominant leadership at that time? ... I think the romance of 1971 is no more relevant today. There are changes in people's mind as well. It will be better to select a middle path to deal with India."
As for Tajuddin, his glorious role in the liberation war must be celebrated but like his master Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib, he was also involved in forgiving corrupted AL goons/ smugglers, one among them was a godfather in Chittagong called Man-serumia who was captured by the Customs in Chittagong but was released by Tajuddin perhaps at the instruction of Bangabandhu Mujib himself. Tajuddin personally visited the custom's office the next day to drop the case entirely. There must be more mystery surrounding behind Tajuddin's sacrifices and betrayals, his rise and fall and his place in ‘the proverbial dustbin of history.
ENDNOTES
[1] K M A Malik, The Sugar-coated Poison India"s offer of ‘help’ to restructure BDR
(2) Oli Ahad, Jatio Rajniti (1945 to 1975), 2nd Ed. , Bangladesh Cooperative Book Society, Dhaka , p. 450. (Cardiff , April 4, 2009)
(3)Afsan Chowdhury,
http://opinion.bdnews24.com/2011/07/25/bangladesh-honours-indira-gandhi%E2%80%99s-1971-war/Afsan Chowdhury,
(4) Indira Gandhi . . . in our collective memory, http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=195763
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