With little inclination towards introspection Pakistanis generally brush off the event of 1971 as an Indian (read: Hindu) conspiracy to break up Pakistan. In this effort, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is projected as an Indian agent. Or that Operation Searchlight was the knee-jerk response of an alcoholic Pakistani army chief to
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Securing Sheikh Mujib’s homecoming
Only a few days after the marauding Pakistan forces’ humiliating defeat in the Eastern War Theatre and the surrender ceremony of the occupation troops at Dhaka on 16 December 1971, Bangladesh’s government-in-exile, as well as the Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, remained worried about Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman freedom. He
Move to erase Bangabandhu’s name went in vain: PM
Tikka Khan wanted to hang Mujib in Dhaka
Hours after the genocidal campaign ‘Operation Searchlight’ was launched at zero-hours on March 26, 1971, Bangladesh independence architect Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was detained and whisked away by Major ZA Khan of the commando battalion, who was stationed in Cumilla. The first crackdown was ordered by General Yayha Khan to discipline
The Colourful World of Mujib
That black-framed spectacle, white Panjabi, and the black-coat wrapping around that Panjabi are evocative of the man whose voice is adorably called by mankind as the Memory of the World. But behind that spectacles were eyes that observed every village of the country and plights of the countrymen. Behind the