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Liberation (Russian: Освобождение, translit. Osvobozhdenie, German: Befreiung, Polish: Wyzwolenie) is a film series released in 1970 and 1971, directed by Yuri Ozerov and shot in wide-format NIKFI process (70 mm). The script was written by Yuri Bondarev and Oscar Kurganov. The series was a Soviet-Polish-East German-Italian-Yugoslav ...
In 1971, the Pakistan Army and their local collaborators, most notably the extreme right wing militia group Al-Badr led by Jammat-e-Islami, engaged in the systematic execution of Bengali intellectuals during the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971.
The Mukti Bahini (Bengali: মুক্তি বাহিনী, romanized: Mukti Bahini), also known as the Bangladesh Forces, was a big tent armed guerrilla resistance movement consisting of the Bangladeshi military personnel, paramilitary personnel and civilians during the Bangladesh Liberation War that transformed East Pakistan into Bangladesh in 1971. [3]
In 1971, the Bangladeshi liberation struggle against Pakistan was led by secular leaders [54] and secularists hailed the Bangladeshi victory as the triumph of secular Bengali nationalism over religion-centred Pakistani nationalism. [55] While Pakistan's government strives for an Islamic state, Bangladesh was established secular. [49]
Military plans of the Bangladesh Liberation War; Indo-Pakistani wars and conflicts; List of timelines; Bangladesh Liberation War Library and Research Centre, a Digital Library, working to 'preserve and publicly distribute' the historical documents regarding the Liberation War of Bangladesh and Genocide of Innocent Bengali People in 1971.
The Bangladesh Liberation War was a revolutionary war of independence that took place in South Asia in 1971; it resulted in the establishment of the republic of Bangladesh. [1] The war pitted East Pakistan against West Pakistan and lasted nine months.
The killings which began on 25 March 1971 and sparked the Bangladesh Liberation War led to the deaths of at least 26,000 people, as admitted by Pakistan (by the Hamoodur Rahman Commission) [170] and as many as 3,000,000 as claimed by Bangladesh (from 1972 to 1975 the first post-war prime minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, mentioned ...
The station played an important role in the liberation struggle, broadcasting the Declaration of Independence and increasing the morale of Bangladeshis during the brutal genocide in 1971. During this time, radio was the only medium able to reach the far ends of Bangladesh. The station ran a liberation campaign throughout the liberation war.