Month of victory begins today
Wednesday, 1 December 2010
December, the month of victory, pride and glory for the nation, begins today (Wednesday), reports BSS.
The nation wrested its liberation from the Pakistani occupation forces emerging as an independent country on the world map in this month in 1971.
This month of victory takes back the nation 39 years down the memory lane when the Bangalis fought the nine months of bloody war.
"The struggle this time is the struggle for our emancipation. The struggle this time is the struggle for our independence," Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman announced before a huge crowd at Dhaka's Race Course Maidan (now Suhrawardy Udyan) as the then Pakistani junta declined to install Awami League (AL) under his leadership to power despite its landslide victory in 1970.
But the Bangalis were not prepared for the unprecedented cruelty that descended on the dead of night of March 25, 1971 in the name of infamous 'Operation Searchlight' of Pakistani Occupation Army to crush the Bangali nation's struggle for independence.
The Bangali armed resistance against the Operation Searchlight was supported crucially by India and the situation eventually led to the full-fledged war between India and Pakistan resulting in Pakistan Army's unconditional surrender to the joint command of Indian Army and Mukti Bahini (freedom fighters' force) on December 16, 1971.
The government has taken elaborate programmes to observe the Great Victory Day-2010 with due respect and enthusiasm on December 16.
The programmes include gun-salutes at dawn, hoisting the national flag, placing wreaths at the National Mausoleum, parade, reception to gallantry award winning freedom fighters, meetings and prayer sessions.
The nation wrested its liberation from the Pakistani occupation forces emerging as an independent country on the world map in this month in 1971.
This month of victory takes back the nation 39 years down the memory lane when the Bangalis fought the nine months of bloody war.
"The struggle this time is the struggle for our emancipation. The struggle this time is the struggle for our independence," Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman announced before a huge crowd at Dhaka's Race Course Maidan (now Suhrawardy Udyan) as the then Pakistani junta declined to install Awami League (AL) under his leadership to power despite its landslide victory in 1970.
But the Bangalis were not prepared for the unprecedented cruelty that descended on the dead of night of March 25, 1971 in the name of infamous 'Operation Searchlight' of Pakistani Occupation Army to crush the Bangali nation's struggle for independence.
The Bangali armed resistance against the Operation Searchlight was supported crucially by India and the situation eventually led to the full-fledged war between India and Pakistan resulting in Pakistan Army's unconditional surrender to the joint command of Indian Army and Mukti Bahini (freedom fighters' force) on December 16, 1971.
The government has taken elaborate programmes to observe the Great Victory Day-2010 with due respect and enthusiasm on December 16.
The programmes include gun-salutes at dawn, hoisting the national flag, placing wreaths at the National Mausoleum, parade, reception to gallantry award winning freedom fighters, meetings and prayer sessions.