DACCA: Awami League Chief Mujibur Rahman today [March 3] urged the authorities to withdraw the forces from the city and hand over power to the elected representatives of the people. The authorities must realise that the people wanted self-rule and if they were resisted by force they would not hesitate to sacrifice their life, the Awami League Chief said while addressing a massive public meeting at Paltan Maidan.. He also issued directives to the people of Bangla Desh not to pay taxes until and unless power was transferred to the people’s representatives.
[Meanwhile, as reported by agencies in Karachi] President Yahya Khan yesterday [March 2] invited 12 elected leaders of parliamentary groups in the National Assembly to meet at Dacca to solve the present constitutional crisis. The meeting is scheduled to be held on March 10. [However], in Dacca, the Awami League Chief Sheikh Mujibur Rahman rejected the President’s invitation saying that “we are being called upon to sit with cer
Bangabandhu hinted at independence in Paltan rally on Mar 3
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DHAKA, March 2, 2021 (BSS) – Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman had talked about independence at a rally at Paltan Maidan on March 3 too ahead of his historic March 7 speech.
On the next day, the daily Ittefaq and daily Azad published details about the rally arranged by Chhatra League and Sramik League.
In the rally, Bangabandhu called upon the people to continue their struggle for independence even if he could not stay alive.
“Even if I die, the seven crore people will witness that the country becomes truly independent. This may be my last speech. If I do not stay alive, the movement cannot be stopped,” Bangabandhu had said.
Flag Hoisting: A Bold Step towards Independence
Anwar A. Khan
2nd March, 2021 11:35:14
In March 1971, the vision of independent national sovereignty became politically dominant, for the first time. Its organizational strength and mass appeal remained outside the halls of constitutionalism, where its origins lay and where student organizations had nurtured its evolution; but now it began to acquire influential Bengali adherents in government circles.
On 2 March, spontaneous hartals occurred all over East Pakistan. People came from all over Dhaka and suburbs to the Bat-tala at Dhaka University, where crowds sang of national independence, SBKCSP (Bangla Kendriya Chhatra Sangram Parishad) leaders solemnly declared independence, and A S M Abdur Rob, a Student League leader and vice president of the Dhaka University Central Student Union, hoisted the flag of Bangladesh to the tumultuous applause and cries of “Joy Bangla”.
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The Fiery March 1971
26 January, 2021 12:00 AM
March 1971 was indeed an exceptional month when the history of emerging Bangladesh, as well as the entire Indian sub-continent, experienced unprecedented twists. For Bengalis, this was the most significant month when several historical milestones were laid down.
The overwhelming victory of Awami League led by Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at the General Election in 1970 was completely unexpected to the civil-military ruling clique and most other political parties of Pakistan. They had thought at least a few seats would go to other political parties, depriving Awami League of a single majority. But destiny had other things in store.