Biranganas recognised as FFs
Tuesday, 14 October 2014
'Biranganas', the war heroines violated by the occupation forces and their local collaborators during Bangladesh’s Liveration War in 1971, got recognition officially as freedom fighters. Under a new definition, those who were at least 15-year-old on March 26, 1971, can now apply for the freedom fighter status. The decisions were taken at the 25th annual meeting of the Jatiya Muktijoddha Council (JMC) in the city on Monday afternoon. Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque said, ‘Those below 15 during the war cannot apply for recognition as freedom fighters.’ It is estimated that over 200,000 women took part in the war against Pakistan, according to a news agency.