History

1. Introduction Bangladesh has fought one of the bloodiest wars ever recorded in human history in 1971. The sacrifice of three million lives, the rape, abuse, and mutilation of over four hundred thousand women and children saw the birth of a new independent nation in the world map in December of that year. Over ten … Read more

Read these four definite articles about world refugees and Bangladesh’s own during 1971. United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) 1971 Report The State of the World’s Refugees 2000 – Part 1 The State of the World’s Refugees 2000 – Part 2 The State of the World’s Refugees 2000 – Part 3

বঙ্গবন্ধুর ৭ই মার্চের ভাষণ – ইতিহাসের কাছে আমাদের দায়বদ্ধতা মোহাম্মদ মাহবুবুর রহমান (জালাল)রায়হান জামিলবিদ্যুৎ দে প্রাক কথন – বঙ্গবন্ধুর ৭ই মার্চের ভাষণ: pdf বঙ্গবন্ধুর ৭ই মার্চের ভাষণ – ট্রান্সক্রিপ্ট্‌: pdf The English text of the speech: pdf সংবিধানে অসম্পূর্ণতা Constitution’s Version: Highlighting the Need Bangabandhu’s March 7 Speech as Researched by CBGR1971 [from 2014] pdf … Read more

Monday, Dec. 20, 1971 Bangladesh: Out of War, a Nation Is Born “JAI Bangla! Jai Bangla!” From the banks of the great Ganges and the broad Brahmaputra, from the emerald rice fields and mustard-colored hills of the countryside, from the countless squares of countless villages came the cry. “Victory to Bengal! Victory to Bengal!” They … Read more

In the very first hours of March 26, 1971, “Bangabandhu” Sheikh Mujibur Rahman declared the independence of Bangladesh, before he was arrested by the Pakistani Military Junta. A government handout in Karachi, Pakistan gave the time of his arrest at 1:30 am (see the Dawn newspaper clipping from March 28, 1971). Multiple sources confirm that … Read more