The Fiery March 1971
26th January, 2021 10:50:24
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.
Deepa Sen, leading the procession by Dhaka University students after Asad was killed on January 25, 1969.
This article considers student activism at Dhaka University in the 1960s as a case study for considering student politics at multiple scales: local, regional, and international. In addition to providing a historical narrative of Dhaka s engagement in the Mass upsurge campaign that led to the end of the Ayub Kahn regime, it also considers the ways this movement was informed by a sense of student power that extended beyond national borders.
Amanullah Asaduzzaman,
(10 June 1942 – 20 January 1969)
In 1968, of course, students were causing headaches for government leaders far beyond Pakistan s national borders and regional scale. While newspapers were under strict censorship and were limited in their ability to run stories about the activities of anti-government activity in Pakistan, they were free to report on the activities of students elsewhere, and they did so in high volu