Once a thriving group during the British colonial period, the Brahmo Samaj members have now shrunk in number in Bangladesh. However, their spirit continues to persevere
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The idea of swadhinata (which translates as both freedom and independence), along with a novel conception of liberation (mukti), animated the founding discourse of Bangladesh in 1971. This paper explores how these ideas, and their longer histories, jostled together to shape the promise of Bangladesh’s founding. It also reflects on how the conflictual promise of 1971 underwrote