How this Indian Army officer rescued Sheikh Hasina & family from Pakistan Army captors in 1971
Colonel Ashok Tara (Retd), then a 29-year-old Major, was tasked with rescuing Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s family from Pakistan Army at the end of 1971 war.
Amrita Nayak Dutta 4 April, 2021 10:00 am IST Text Size:
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New Delhi: It was a day after the 13-day-long Bangladesh Liberation War had ended, but a group of Pakistani soldiers posted near the Dhaka airport hadn’t got wind of their army’s surrender to the Indian forces.
The soldiers numbering around a dozen were holding the family of Bangladesh liberation leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman hostage at their residence in Dhanmondi. Those held hostage included Rahman’s daughter, Sheikh Hasina, the current Prime Minister, and her son.
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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday suggested further integrating economies of Bangladesh and India to consolidate the global and regional value chains cashing on the available synergies.
âI believe both our countries can move up the global and regional value chains by further integrating our economies taking advantage of available synergies,â she told her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi in an India-Bangladesh virtual summit.
Describing the ongoing connectivity initiatives between the two next-door neighbours as catalysts in this regard, the prime minister said, âA prime example is the resumption of Chilahati-Haldibari rail link which we will inaugurate today.â