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This struggle and genocide, often ignored by the global discourse, needs to be revisited for a better world tomorrow. Bangladesh celebrates 50 years of its independence that was preceded by 100 years of birth anniversary of Sheikh Mujibur Rehman, founding father of Bangladesh, brutally assassinated by anti-Liberation forces backed by their international partners, four years after independence.
As Bangladesh celebrates 50 years of independence it is only appropriate to recount the horrors of 1971 perpetuated on the hapless population of East Pakistan by Pakistan Army and pay tributes to the heroes of the liberation struggle led by Bangabandhu.
This book is a tribute to the birth of the new nation 50 years back and honour the valiant freedom struggle of common people of erstwhile East Pakistan. This publication hopes to honour the fallen heroes which will inspire generations to come and serve as a ready reference to the events of 1971 a watershed year in the of history mankind.
The book is a collectors' item and features one important event almost on each day of 1971 capturing freedom movement culminating in the creation of Bangladesh. Each event was curated from the news & photograph of that event published in a leading daily between January-December 1971 across the world including The New York Times, The Sunday Times, The Sydney Morning Herald, Amrita Bazar Patrika, The Statesman and Ananda Bazar Patrika among others. The collection will be a living memory and the first of its kind in India and anywhere in the world on freedom struggle of Bangladesh.
Dipanjan Roy Chaudhury, Diplomatic Editor, The Economic Times and watcher of India-Bangladesh relations for the past two decades have advised and assisted in curating this book due to his admiration for the freedom struggle and Bangabandhu. The book would not have been a reality without constant encouragement from Dipanjan.