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50 Years of Freedom

Transcript of Pak wireless interception on March 25 black night

The memoirs of the invading personnel and their commanders suggest that the generals and the subordinate officers remained entirely impersonal ahead of and during the crackdown but were led by...

Mrityunjayi Mitra sculpture erected in Sitakundu

Mrityunjayi Mitra sculpture erected in Sitakundu

Indian photojournalist Raghu Rai took this photo during the liberation war in 1971

Foreign friends of 1971 in retrospect

Farida Begum. Photo: Collected

'I was overwhelmed with the thought that my child would be born in a free country'

Md Mahfuzul Islam. Photo: Collected

'I actually did not expect the war to end so soon'

Nurjahan Begum. Photo: Collected

'My father-in-law announced the news of victory on loudspeaker'

Shujeo Shyam. Photo: Collected

'Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra artists brought out a procession'

Selina Hossain. Photo: Collected

'We were excited to be liberated, but also saddened for those we had lost'

A K M Kamal Uddin Majumder. Photo: Collected

'I decided to go back to my village and find my parents'

Badiul Alam Majumdar. Photo: Collected

'I feel a little guilty that I could not directly participate'

'The war was not over on December 16'

'The war was not over on December 16'

A photo of Gorkha Regiment taken from Indian Gorkhas website. Photo: indiangorkhas.in

The unforgettable role of Gorkha Regiment in vanquishing Pakistani forces

Representational Image. Photo: Collected

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