The last battlefield
The Dainik Bangla on January 31, 1972 mentioned the shooting in Mirpur.
Across the country, red-green flags were fluttering over buildings euphoria was in the air following the end of a nine-month-long bloody war.
But Dhaka s Mirpur was yet not taken by Bangladesh forces almost six weeks after the Pakistan military had unconditionally surrendered to the joint command of Bangladesh and Indian forces on December 16, 1971.
The area remained under the control of pro-Pakistan Biharis, the Urdu-speaking Muslim community who migrated from Bihar and West Bengal during and after the Partition.
Mirpur was finally freed on January 31, 1972 but at a heavy cost over a hundred martyred and dozens of others injured in a fierce battle on the previous day.