Not at all. You are not a witness: you re a part of history, Tawfiq.
Tajuddin Ahmad spoke these words when Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury thanked the newly sworn-in prime minister of the first government of Bangladesh for giving him the opportunity to be a witness to history on April 17, 1971.
Tawfiq, then a sub-divisional officer of erstwhile Meherpur sub-division, indeed witnessed the momentous occasion, a red-letter day in the history of the country: the oath-taking ceremony of the Mujibnagar Government, which performed all of the wartime tasks and led the Bangladesh War of Liberation.
It was on this day, 50 years ago, when the provisional government-in-exile took oath at a mango grove in Baidyanathtala, a border area in the present Meherpur district. Baidyanathtala was later named Mujibnagar.
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Kolkata: Agitating farmers from Delhi held tractor rally in Kolkataâs Mayo road urging people not to vote for BJP.
The heat of the agitation at the Singhu border has now reached poll-bound West Bengal as eight leaders of Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) will campaign in West Bengal for three days and would also visit the âhigh-voltageâ Nandigram constituency.
Talking to the Free Press Journal, activist Yogendra Yadav said that SKM is not promoting any political party in West Bengal but is urging everyone not to vote for the BJP.