In Memoriam of Our Martyred Intellectuals
Anwar A. Khan
During the entire duration of the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971, a large number of teachers, doctors, engineers, poets and writers were systematically massacred by the Pakistan Army and their local collaborators, most notably the alleged Islamist militia groups of Al-Badr and Al-Shams belonging to Jamaat-e-Islami like grievous manslayers. The largest number of assassinations took place on 14 December 1971, only two days before the surrender of the Pakistan Army to the joint forces of the Indian army and Mukti Bahini.
On the night of 14 December 1971, over 200 intellectuals of the then East Pakistan, including professors, journalists, doctors, artists, engineers, and writers were rounded up in Dhaka. They were taken blindfolded to torture cells in Mirpur, Mohammadpur, Nakhalpara, Rajarbagh and other locations in different sections of the city. They were later executed en masse, most notably at Rayerbazar and Mirpur. In
Remain alert against communal, fundamentalist forces: DSCC Mayor Taposh
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14th December, 2020 03:03:37
Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh urged everyone to remain alert until the communal, fundamentalist forces are completely wiped out.
“We have seen that the communal, fundamentalist forces are active and when they get any chance, they bite people like serpents. They also tried to destroy the spirit of the Liberation War,” he said while talking to reporters after paying tribute to the Martyred Intellectuals in Mirpur.
Taposh, also the member secretary of Bangabandhu Awami Bar Council, said, We have achieved freedom in exchange for the supreme sacrifices of three million martyrs including martyred intellectuals. Under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh has come forward and it has set an example by building Padma Multipurpose Bridge with its own funding.”
14th December, 2020 09:38:35
The nation observes Martyred Intellectuals Day today paying homage to the intellectuals who were killed by the Pakistani occupation forces and their collaborators at the fag end of the country’s Liberation War in 1971.
Sensing an imminent defeat in the war, the Pakistani forces and their local aides designed to annihilate the intelligentsia to cripple the emerging nation.
On this day in 1971, Pakistani army with the help of their accomplices picked up educationists, litterateurs, journalists, physicians and cultural activists from their houses, took them blindfolded to the killing grounds and staged one of the history’s worst pogroms.
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Nation vows to safeguard secularism
Pays solemn tribute to martyred intellectuals
Some leaders of Awami League and its affiliate bodies take a huge national flag to the Martyred Intellectuals Memorial in Rayer Bazar and shower flower petals to pay their respect and mark the Martyred Intellectuals Day yesterday. A number of children joined them. Photo: Rashed Shumon Staff Correspondent Staff Correspondent
Bangladesh yesterday paid a solemn tribute to martyred intellectuals of 1971 at a time when religious fundamentalist forces were gaining their strength.
On this day, the best sons of the soil made supreme sacrifice just two days before the country got liberated.