Dhaka Bureau: ‘From one end of the world to the other, echoing the echoes of fiery proclamations, raising new targets, playing damamas, and seeing, To this Bengal, you must come, O freedom.” This poem by poet Shamsur Rahman came true on this day in seventy-one. In the life of the Bengali nation. 52 years ago, Bengal’s independence came on December 16 in exchange for an ocean of blood.
A new sun rose in this land of fifty thousand square miles. He stood in the sunlight, the color of victory won with blood. The color of that blood mixed with green Bengal made the red-green flag of Bengal. In Suhrawardy Udyan, where Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman called the nation to fight on March 7, 1971, saying, ‘This time is our struggle for freedom; this time is the struggle for freedom’, in that Suhrawardy Udyan, 93,000 Pakistani soldiers surrendered their arms to the brave freedom fighters of the Bengali nation after accepting defeat. near
Today is December 16. Great Victory Day! The nation has completed 52 years of victory. Victory in the war of liberation is the most glorious and proud day in the thousand-year history of Bengalis. It is the day of the end of the long nine months of horror. This great victory was achieved at the end of a nine-month war in return for the bloodshed of millions of brave freedom fighters, the tears of women who lost their husbands and children, the killing of the best intellectuals in the country, and the endless sacrifices of the heroes. 52 years ago on this day, the emergence of independent sovereign Bangladesh on the world map gave the Bengali nation the address of self-identification. Under the leadership of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the language movement of 52 from 1948, the six points of 66, the mass uprising of 69, the historic speech of March 7, 1971, when the genocide began on March 25, Bangabandhu’s declaration of independence in the early hours of March 26, April 17 Independence was achieved in return for the sacrifice of 3 million martyrs and 2 million mothers and sisters through the formation of the Mujibnagar government and the bloody liberation war. The final victory was achieved on December 16, 1971, with the surrender of the Pakistani army. As such, today is the 52nd anniversary of victory.
In a separate speech on the occasion of Great Victory Day, President Md. Sahabuddin and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina congratulated the countrymen.
In his speech on Victory Day, the President wished and congratulated all the Bangladeshis at home and abroad and said that democracy should be institutionalized to deliver the benefits of freedom gained by the sacrifice of millions of martyrs to the doorsteps of the people. Political parties should develop a culture of tolerance and mutual respect among themselves. Urging to contribute more from their respective positions in the realization of the goals and spirit of the liberation war, he said, “Let’s take the country and the nation further on the path of development and prosperity, build Bangabandhu’s dream of ‘Golden Bangla’ and the Prime Minister’s declared advanced-rich ‘Smart Bangladesh’—the’ reat This is my hope on Victory Day.”
In his speech on the Great Victory Day, the Prime Minister extended his sincere greetings and congratulations to the countrymen and said, ‘Today is December 16. Great Victory Day! A unique and glorious day in Bengali national life. Today is the 52nd anniversary of victory. The Prime Minister remembered the Father of the Nation, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, with deep respect. Remembering the four national leaders, 30 lakh martyrs, 2 lakh mothers and sisters, and the best children of the nation, brave freedom fighters, whose great sacrifice Bengalis made to get independent-sovereign Bangladesh. Express gratitude to those countries and individuals who have helped us in various ways in the war of liberation.
The Prime Minister said, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib promoted Bangladesh from the ‘underdeveloped’ country, and we have taken the motherland to the ranks of the ‘developing’ country. Everything we have achieved in the last 52 years after independence has been at the hands of the Father of the Nation and the Awami League. I strongly believe that if our development trend continues, Bangladesh will become the golden Bangladesh of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib’s hunger-free, poverty-free, and developed-rich dream by 2041. He expressed his hope that the establishment of the nation-state ‘Bangladesh’ through victory in the war of liberation is the best achievement of the Bengali nation. To make this achievement meaningful, everyone should know and be informed about the great hero of freedom, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib, and the liberation war. We will convey the spirit of the great liberation war from generation to generation; this is our pledge on Victory Day.
Today, the grateful nation will remember the brave sons of the country with reverent pain. Crowds will descend on the Savar National Memorial. People from all parts of the country, including the capital, Dhaka, will participate in the victory day. Meanwhile, the National Memorial is set to pay homage to the nation’s greatest sons at Savar. This memorial is dedicated to the memory of the heroic struggle of the people of Apam and is a shining symbol of the nation’s gratitude towards the martyrs. Therefore, at the beginning of the victory festival, everyone will come to the memorial altar with flower offerings with the utmost respect and love on this Saturday winter morning.
Program: At the national level, the day will be started by firing a cannon 31 times in the morning in Dhaka. With the sunrise, President Md. Sahabuddin and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will lay wreaths at the Savar National Memorial. After that, under the leadership and presence of the Minister of Liberation War, Veer Shrestha family, war-wounded freedom fighters and brave freedom fighters will offer wreaths. Foreign diplomats stationed in Bangladesh invited members of the Indian Army who participated as members of the Allied Forces in the Liberation War and various political and social organizations at all levels.
