The nation observes the Independence and National Day
paying deep homage to the martyrs and recalling their supreme sacrifices in the Liberation War of 1971.
Under the charismatic leadership of father of the nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and responding to his call of independence, the whole nation was united as one and took up arms to free their motherland from the clutches of Pakistani occupation forces in 1971.
On the black night of March 25 in 1971, when the brutal Pakistani military junta started genocide, Bangabandhu proclaimed independence of the eastern part of Pakistan, now Bangladesh, to end once and for all the 24 years of subjugation and exploitation.
The Declaration of Independence
"Today Bangladesh is a sovereign and independent country.
On Thursday night West Pakistani armed forces suddenly attacked the police
barracks at Razarbagh and the EPR headquarters at Pilkhana in Dhaka.
Many innocent and unarmed have been killed in Dhaka city and other places of
Bangladesh. Violent clashes between EPR and Police on the one hand and the
armed forces of Pindi on the other, are going on. The Bengalis are fighting
the enemy with great courage for an independent Bangladesh. May God aid us
in our fight for freedom. Joy Bangla."
Soon after the Pakistani army crackdown on the night of March 25, 1971, the first declaration of independence was made over the radio by M. A. Hannan, written by the leader of (as Bangladesh was formerly known) East Pakistan and Chief of Awami League Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, from the Kalurghat Betar Kendra, Chittagong on March 26, 1971. Very few people heard this declaration and Major Zia's famous Ami Major Zia Bolchhi declaration over Chittagong radio on March 27 was picked up by foreign news agency and was given wide publicity.
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