Shuvro Bhattacharjee, ID:21111114
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Bangamata Sheikh Fojilatunnesa Mujib Science & Technology University
Assignment on: Role of Bangabandhu in the liberation of Bangladesh.
Course name: Bangladesh Studies.
Course Code: HUM 1111
Submitted by: Submitted to:
Shuvro Bhattacharjee Mst. Kamrun Nahar
ID: 21111114, Session:2020-21 Lecturer, Bangladesh Studies
Dept. of Computer Science &Engineering Dept. of Computer Science &Engineering
Bangamata Sheikh Fojilatunnesa Mujib Bangamata Sheikh Fojilatunnesa Mujib
Science & Technology University, Jamalpur Science & Technology University, Jamalpur
Date of submission: 07-06-2022
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Role of Bangabandhu in the liberation of Bangladesh
1. Introduction
The Father of our nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is the undisputed leader of our
country. He has held the seat of the Father of the Bengali nation for his outstanding contribution
to the freedom struggle of [Link] moved to the top seat of leadership step by step
through various movement struggles. Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the greatest
Bengali of the millennium, has shown the way to the light by leading the nation from the
forefront in the history of politics of Bangladesh. This independent Bangladesh is the golden
crop of his long-struggling life.
2. Background
After the partition of the country in 1947, when the Pakistanis were conspiring to keep the
Bengalis in a new chain of exploitation and subjugation, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the great hero
of the century, stepped forward toward the war of independence and liberation by inspiring the
Bengali nation with the slogan of liberty. He encouraged the country's freedom movement
despite being in prison for more than 12 years during Pakistani rule, facing execution several
times, and being imprisoned innumerable times in innumerable false cases. His immense
courage, determination, and uncompromising leadership inspired the subjugated Bengali nation
to struggle for freedom.
The people of this country have been cherishing the dream of an independent land called
Bangladesh for a long time. But its real form has been achieved under the leadership of
Bangabandhu. This protagonist has been at the forefront of every movement in his student life.
Every word he spoke had a protesting tone. The military rulers of Pakistan were always afraid of
Bangabandhu. That is why they were relieved to have him imprisoned on various pretexts. Soon
after the creation of Pakistan, our nationalist movement based on ethnolinguistic identity started.
That movement was simultaneously a movement for democracy and establishing a balanced
economic and social system. From the 1950s to the 1980s, the movement gradually intensified.
However, in 1977, Bangabandhu united the whole Bengali nation behind his demand for
autonomy through six points. Because of his leadership, all people in this country dreamed of
independence. It was this united struggle of the whole nation that brought us freedom.
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3. Bangabandhu and the six-point (6-dafa)movement
The six-point movement is a charter of demands issued by the Awami League to reduce the
imbalance between Pakistan's two wings and terminate West Pakistan's internal colonial control
in East Bengal.
The Tashkent Treaty brought an end to the Indo-Pak War of 1965. Add to the existing issues of
economic disparities the allegation of the central government's carelessness and apathy to East
Pakistan's defense. Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was outspoken on the subject.
On February 6, 1966, the leaders of West Pakistan's opposition parties held a national conference
in Lahore to determine the post-Tashkent political direction. Bangabandhu arrived in Lahore
with prominent Awami League officials. The next day he presented the Six-Point Charter of
Requests to the subject committee as the demands of the people of East Pakistan. He pressured
the conference organizers to place his suggestion on the agenda, and the topic committee rejected
Bangabandhu's suggestion. The following day, West Pakistani newspapers released articles about
the Six-Point Movement, portraying Sheikh Mujibur Rahman as a separatist. As a result, Sheikh
Mujib backed out of the summit.
The Six-Point Movement, coupled with a proposal for a movement to realize the demands, was
presented to the Awami League's working committee on February 21, 1966, and the plan was
carried through unanimously. A pamphlet on the Six-Point Movement was released, with a
foreword by Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Tajuddin Ahmad.. Another booklet
titled Amader Banchar Dabi: 6-dafa Karmasuchi (Our demands for existence: 6-points Points
movement) was published in the name of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and was distributed at the
council meeting of the Awami League held on March 18, 1966.
West Pakistan's opposition leaders saw Mujib's Six-Point movement as a means to disintegrate
Pakistan and hence rejected his proposal outright. The Ayub regime portrayed Sheikh Mujib as a
separatist and eventually charged him with the Agartala plot, and he was detained and arrested.
The case sparked considerable unrest in East Pakistan, culminating in the early 1969 major
revolt. On 22 February 1969, the government was obliged to release him unconditionally due to
widespread outcry.
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The Awami League sought popular support for the Six-Point movement in the 1970 general
elections, in which Sheikh Mujib earned an unequivocal mandate from the people of East
Pakistan in support of his Six-Point movement. However, Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto refused to attend
the National Assembly session scheduled for 3 March 1971 unless the two leaders struck an
agreement beforehand. Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and his party engaged in a long negotiation
beginning on March 15, 1971. The conversation had no favorable outcome. The army crackdown
on March 25 cemented the doom of the Six-Point, including Pakistan.1
4. The mass movement of 1969
On February 23, 1969, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the Father of the great nation of history, was
bestowed the title of 'Bangabandhu' on behalf of the country. He was not only a brilliant leader
of the Bengali people but also one of the most exemplary leaders of the world's oppressed
people. He understood soon after the foundation of Pakistan that this Pakistan was not for
Bengalis. Bengalis will have to decide the fate of Bengal one day. On this day in 1969, the
struggling student society marched in the streets, rejecting the ruling class's persecution and the
nightfall legislation to overturn Pakistan's military regime and shed new blood. If the country's
student society had not taken an active and energetic role at the moment, this huge rebellion
would not have occurred, and we would still be oppressed. The 11 points of the All Student
Action Committee (ASAC) laid the groundwork for a major rebellion, and the roads started to
vibrate with student processions and sky-scraping shouts. This massive rebellion occurred only
when the people of the country, particularly the student community, banded together to demand
the liberation of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
This movement embodied the spirit of Bengali nationalism, and its effective execution can be
observed in the great revolt of 1969. The Ayub Khan administration attempted to repress the
student movement throughvarious methods but finally failed. On the 18th and 19th of January
1969, students from Jagannath College marched to the streets and began shouting slogans against
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's unjust incarceration.2
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5. 7th March speech of Bangabandhu
March 7, 1971, is a special day in Bangladeshi history. On that day, Bangabandhu Sheikh
Mujibur Rahman's address to a million people at the Race Course Maidan (now Suhrawardy
Udyan) changed our fate.
Figure: The historical 7th March speech of BangabandhuSheikh Mujibur Rahman.
(Source: [Link]
It conveyed to our people the critical message that we would have to wage our ultimate war for
independence. The Pakistani military junta will not hand up power to us democratically. They
have already canceled the first session of the newly elected legislature, which was scheduled for
March 3. Does Pakistan have a Bengali Prime Minister? The Pakistani government was not
going to let that happen.
As a result, Bangabandhu issued his signal to the people he adored -
"Ebarersangramamadermuktirsangram!" This time, we were fighting for our freedom. On
October 30, 2017, Unesco inscribed the speech as a documentary heritage in the Memory of the
World Register.
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Much has been said and written about Bangabandhu's address on March 7. Many consider the
18-minute speech our greatest poem, the poem of our independence. It is as significant as, if not
more so than, Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg address. The spontaneous speech held the
ambitions, goals, and dreams of 75 million people in pain. It signaled the start of our great
liberation battle. We would no longer be a colony and would live as free citizens of a free
country.3
6. Conclusion
So, it can be said for sure that Bangabandhu's role in the freedom struggle of Bangladesh was
immense. The people of East Pakistan were united in his thunderous speech, and the whole
Bengali nation was organized under his leadership. At the call of Bangabandhu, the people of
this country would jump into all kinds of movements and struggles, so the western rulers were
always looking for opportunities to keep him in jail. The best achievement in the history of the
Bengali nation is Bangladesh's independence. The forerunner of this independence was the
Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
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7. References
1
[Link],’Six-point programme’, banglapedia,18 June 2021,
[Link] ,(accessed 2 Jun 2022)
2
[Link],’Mass uprising of 1969’,theindependent,18 january 2021,
[Link] ,(accesed 3 jun 2021)
3
[Link],’The significance of March 7’,7 March 2022,
[Link] ,(accessed 2 jun 2022)
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