Shahidul Islam, Senior Correspondent,
bdnews24.com
Published: 18 Dec 2020 04:25 PM BdST
Updated: 18 Dec 2020 05:34 PM BdST The first group of top officials representing the Bangladesh government in exile reached Dhaka two days after the freedom fighters entered the city amid victory celebrations on Dec 16, 1971. Photo courtesy of Omi Rahman Pial Syed Nazrul Islam, the Acting President of Bangladesh during the Liberation War, was accorded a guard of honour following the swearing-in ceremony of the first government of independent Bangladesh in Mujibnagar.
After a long and bloody armed struggle, Bangladesh emerged as a free and independent nation on the world map, with the surrender of the Pakistani army on Dec 16, 1971, bringing the Liberation War to an end. But the first government of Bangladesh had yet to return to the country from exile.