The Proclamation of Independence

The Proclamation of Independence

MUJIBNAGAR GOVERNMENT

Mujibnagar , formerly known as Baidyanathtala is a town in the Meherpur District of Bangladesh. It is a common reference for the government in exile formed by the leaders of the Awami League, who were leading the guerrilla war for the independence of Bangladesh (then East Pakistan) from Pakistan in 1971. Throughout the war with the Pakista...

Mujibnagar: History's first Bengali government

The emergence of the provisional Bangladesh government in Mujibnagar, forty three years ago on this day on April 17, 1971, was a defining moment for the Bengali nation. The first Bengali government in history, administered by Bengalis and for Bengalis, it took shape in the grey region between the sinister and the illuminating. The sinister was ...