![]() ![]() The declaration of independence was widely reported in newspapers around the world. ![]() ![]() Hannan and Major Ziaur Rahman of the East Bengal Regiment broadcast the message on radio on behalf of Mujib. The telegram was sent to Chittagong, where Awami League leader M. It set major cities" ablaze and crushed resistance from the police and the East Pakistan Rifles.Īt at 12.20 am on 26 March from his house at Dhanmondi, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman sent a message about attacks on EPR and police barracks in Dhaka, and declared the independence of Bangladesh through a telegram. The troops were said to have massacred students and intellectuals in Dhaka University, as well as many civilians in other parts of the city. Tanks rolled out on the streets of Dhaka. On the night of 25 March, the Pakistan Armed Forces launched Operation Searchlight in the capital of East Pakistan. However, Mujib decided to remain in Dhaka in hope of coming to a negotiated compromise with West Pakistan in becoming the Prime Minister of the whole Pakistan. Rather Mujib ordered all the high ups to flee to India. Tajuddin Ahmed even brought all the recording instruments but had failed to convince Mujib to record independence declaration. They implored Mujib to declare independence but Mujib declined to do so fearing he would be tried for treason. They were briefed by Bengali insiders within the military of an impending crackdown. In the evening of 25 March, Mujib convened a meeting of senior Bengali nationalist leaders, including Tajuddin Ahmad and Colonel M A G Osmani, at his residence in Dhanmondi. The political process was abruptly ended by President Khan, who faced pressure from the military for a crackdown. Yahya Khan and Bhutto were in the city throughout March for negotiations. On 7 March 1971, Rahman addressed a huge pro-independence rally in Dhaka. The League initiated a civil disobedience campaign in East Pakistan to press for convening the parliament, amid rising Bengali aspirations for self-determination and independence. The Awami League's 6 points proposal for a Pakistani federation was strongly opposed by bureaucrats and senior politicians like Zulfikar Ali Bhutto in West Pakistan. However, the newly elected parliament was barred from taking power due to objections from the Pakistani military and the West Pakistan establishment. Rahman's party won an absolute majority in the National Assembly during Pakistan's first free election in 1970. On 25 March 1971, negotiations between Pakistani President Yahya Khan and Awami League leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman broke down after Khan refused to accept Rahman's plan for a new federal constitution in Pakistan. On 10 April, the Provisional Government of Bangladesh issued a proclamation on the basis of the previous declaration and established an interim constitution for the independence movement. The independence of Bangladesh was declared on 26 March 1971, at the onset of the Bangladesh Liberation War by Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman the following day the declaration was broadcast by Major Ziaur Rahman in a radio broadcast. ![]()
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