Formal Declaration of Independence History of Bangladesh



illustration showing military units , troop movements during war.


in hours of 26 march 1971, military crackdown pakistan army began. bangabandhu sheikh mujibur rahman arrested , political leaders dispersed, fleeing neighbouring india organised provisional government. before being arrested pakistani army, sheikh mujibur rahman passed hand written note contained bangladeshi declaration of independence. note circulated , transmitted east pakistan rifles wireless transmitter. world press reports late march 1971 make sure bangladesh s declaration of independence bangabandhu reported throughout world. bengali army officer major ziaur rahman captured kalurghat radio station in chittagong , read declaration of independence of bangladesh during evening hours on 27 march.



this swadhin bangla betar kendra. i, major ziaur rahman, @ direction of bangobondhu mujibur rahman, hereby declare independent people s republic of bangladesh has been established. @ direction, have taken command temporary head of republic. in name of sheikh mujibur rahman, call upon bengalees rise against attack west pakistani army. shall fight last free our motherland. victory is, grace of allah, ours. joy bangla.



the provisional government of people s republic of bangladesh formed on 10 april in meherpur (later renamed mujibnagar, town adjacent indian border). sheikh mujibur rahman announced head of state. tajuddin ahmed became prime minister, syed nazrul islam became acting president , khondaker mostaq ahmed foreign minister. there war plan sketched out bangladesh armed forces established , named muktifoujo . later these forces named muktibahini (freedom fighters). m. a. g. osmani appointed chief of armed forces.


for military purposes, bangladesh divided 11 sectors under 11 sector commanders. in addition these sectors, later in war, 3 special forces formed: z force, s force , k force. these 3 forces names derived initial letters of commander s name. training , of arms , ammunitions arranged meherpur government supported india. fighting grew between pakistan army , bengali mukti bahini, estimated ten million bengalis, hindus, sought refuge in indian states of assam, tripura , west bengal.


the crisis in east pakistan produced new strains in pakistan s troubled relations india. 2 nations had fought war in 1965, in west, pressure of millions of refugees escaping india in autumn 1971, pakistani aggression, reignited indian hostilities pakistan. indian sympathies lay east pakistan, , on 3 december 1971, india intervened on side of bangladeshis led short, violent, two-week war known indo-pakistani war of 1971.








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