I

ntr
oduct
ion:
‘
’AslongasPadma,Meghna,Gour
i,Jamunafl
owson,SheikhMujiburRahman,y
our
accompl
ishmentwi
l
lal
sol
iveon’
’
,AnnadaShankarRay
,PoetandEssayi
st.
Bangladeshwi l
lcel
ebratet
he“ Muji
bBorsho”from Mar ch17,2020,t
oMar ch26,2021,
thr
ough v ar
iousprogrammesmar king t
hebirth centenar
yofFat heroft heNati
on
BangabandhuShei khMuj i
burRahman.TheUNESCO madet hedecisi
onati t
s40th
GeneralAssembl yheldattheUNbody ’sheadquarter
si nPari
srecentl
y.195count
ri
es
acrossthewor l
dwillal
socelebr
atetheevent
.

Bi
rt
hofal
eader
:
"
SheikhMuji
burRahmandoesnotbel
ongtoBangladeshal
one.Hei
sthehar
bingerof
f
reedom f
oral
lBengal
i
s",
MohamedHassanei
nHeikal.
BangabandhuSheikhMuji
burRahmanwasborninTungi
paraofGopal
ganjonMarch17,
1920.A yearafterhis100t
hbirt
hanniver
sar
y,Bangl
adeshwillcel
ebr
atethegolden
j
ubil
eeofindependenceonMarch26,2021.

Hi
scont
ri
but
iont
oourLi
ber
ati
onwar
:
"
Thest
ruggl
enowi
sthest
ruggl
eforouremanci
pat
ion;
t
hest
ruggl
enowi
sthest
ruggl
eforouri
ndependence.
JoyBangl
a!.
.
Si
ncewehav
egi
venbl
ood,
wewi
l
lgi
vemor
ebl
ood.
God-
wil
l
ing,
thepeopl
eoft
hiscount
rywi
l
lbel
i
ber
ated.
..
Tur
nev
eryhousei
ntoaf
ort
.
Face(
theenemy
)wi
thwhat
every
ouhav
e."
Foll
owinggeneralYahy aKhan’ spost ponementoft heNat i
onalAssembl ysessi onon
March1,1971,onlyt woday sbeforet hesessi onwasduet ot akepl ace,everysectionof
theBengal
isi
nstant aneousl ycameoutont othest r
eetsinmassi vedemonst rati
ons.The
Bengal
isaspi
rati
onsf orfreedom reachedani ndomi t
ableheight .From Mar ch1onwar d
BangabandhuShei khMuj iburRahmanwasv i
rt
uall
yr unningEastPaki stanasi tsde-
fact
oheadofgov ernment .OnMar ch7,Shei khMuj i
burRahmandel i
veredhi shistori
c
speechattheRaceCour seMai dan( Suhr awardyUdy an),consi deredtobehi sroadmap
forthecountr
y’sindependence.I nt hiscontext,SheikhMuj iburRahmanandgener al
YahyaKhanheldaser i
esofmeet ingsi nDhakabet weenMar ch16andMar ch24,none
ofwhichbroughtaboutanyr esolution.Af t
ert hediscussionshi tadeadendonMar ch
25,Yahy aKhansecr et
lyl eftDhakai ntheev eni ng.Ont heni ghtofMar ch25,t he
Pakistanar mylaunchedi t
shei nousni ne-
monthl ongcampai gnofgenoci deagai nstthe
unarmedBengal is.SheikhMuj iburRahmandecl aredt heIndependenceofBangl adesh
onMar ch26at12: 20AM.Ri ghtafterdecl
arati
on, at1: 30AM hewasar rest
edand3day s
l
aterwas t aken t o a Paki stanipr i
son.On Apr i
l10,t he provisi
onalr ev ol
ut i
onary
governmentofBangl adeshchoseMuj i
basi t
sPr esi dent.Ther evol
utionarygov ernment
took oat h ofof f
ice on Apr il17 ata f amous mango gar den ( Amrakanan)of
Baidyanathtal
ai n Meher pur ,which is now known as Muj i
bnagar.Shei kh Muj i
bur
Rahmanwasel ectedPr esident,SyedNazr ulI
slam act ingpresidentandTaj uddi nAhmed
thePr imeMi nister.Dur i
ngAugust&Sept emberof1971,t hePaki stanJunt ahel da
secrett r
ialandsent encedBangabandhut odeat h.Onr evelati
on,thef r
eedom l ov
ing
peopleoft hewor ld wasenr aged and demanded t hesecur i
tyoft hePr esidentof
Bangladesh.OnDecember27,t heBangladeshgov ernmentsoughtMuj i
b'simmedi ate
anduncondi ti
onal rel
ease.

Hi
scont
ri
but
ionaf
terLi
ber
ati
onwar
:
"
BangabandhuShei
khMuj
iburRahmanisaniconofdemocr
acy
,at
ower
ingf
igur
e",
Nar
endraModi,
Pri
meMini
sterOft
heRepubl
i
cofIndi
a
TheGov ernmentofPaki stanwasf or cedt or el
easeShei khMuj iburRahmanunder
i
mmensei nternationalpressureonJanuar y8.Ont hatv eryday ,
Shei khMuj iburRahman
traveledt oLondononhi swayt oDhaka.Ther e,atacr owdedpr essconf erencei nhi s
hot elinLondon,hespoket othewor ldpr essandonJanuar y9,mett heBr iti
shPr i
me
Mi nister,Edwar dHeat h.Priortor etur ni ngt oDhaka,Shei khMuj iburRahmanst opped
ov eratDel hi,wher etheI ndianPr esidentV.V.Gi riandPr imeMi nisterIndiraGandhi
wel comedhi m wi thgrace.Whent heFat heroft heNat ionr eachedDhakaonJanuar y10,
mi ll
ionsofgr atefulci
tizensoft henewestcount r
yinthewor l
dwel comedhi m wi thopen
arms.Hewentst rai
ghtf rom t heai r por tt ot heRaceCour seMai dannow r enamed
Suhr awar dyUdy an,wher eheaddr essedt hef reepeopl eofhi snat ionf orthef i
rsttime.
On Januar y 12,Shei kh Muj i
burRahman t ook char ge as t he Pr ime Mi nisterof
Bangl adeshandembar kedont her econst ructionofawar -ravagedcount ry.Wi thina
per i
odoft hreeandhal fyears,Bangabandhul aidthefoundat i
onsoft henewRepubl i
cby
put ti
ng i nto ef fectsev eralmeasur es,i ncludi ng rehabi l
i
t ati
on of10 mi ll
ion Bengal i
refugees,wi thdrawalofal lall
iedf orceswi thin3mont hsofv ictory,format ionoft he
const ituentassembl y&aconst i
tutionf ort henewst atewi t
hin10mont hs,r ecognition
ofBangl adeshbymor et hanahundr edst ates,Bangl adesh’ smember shi
pofi mpor tant
i
nt ernat i
onalbodi esincludingCommonweal thofNat i
ons, theUni t
edNat i
ons, NAM, OIC,
enact mentofI nternati
onal (Cri
mes)Tr ibunal Laws, etc.​

Deat
hofBangabondhu:
FatheroftheNat ionBangabandhuShei khMujiburRahman, thearchi
tectofBangl adesh,
wasassassi natedbyahandf ulofar myr enegadesaspar tofal argernat ionaland
i
nternati
onalpolit
icalconspir
acyhat chedbyant i
-li
berat
ionforcesinthepre-dawnhour s
ofAugust15.Theymur deredincol dbl oodev erymemberofhi sfamilyexcepthi s
daughtersSheikhHasi naandShei khRehana, whobyf ort
uneal onewereabr oadatt hat
ti
me.Bangl adeshobser vesAugust15ast heNat i
onalMour ningDayandr emember s
thenoblestandt hegreatestBengaliwhoev erlived,t
hroughhisspiri
t,i
deology, cour
age
andloveforthepeopl eofhisnation.
‘
’I
’m broken by t
he news ofSheikh Mujib’s deat
h.He was a gr
eatleader
.Hi s
ext
raor
dinar
yheroism hasbeenasourceofinspi
rati
onfort
hepeopl
eofAsi
aandAf r
ica
’’
,I
ndir
aGandhi,FormerPri
meMi ni
sterofI
ndia

Gov
ernmentAct
ivi
ti
est
ocel
ebr
atet
heev
ent
:
Twonationalcommittees—oneforpl
anni
ngMujibYearcelebrat
ionsandanotherfor
i
mplementati
on.Thegov er
nmentwil
lplant10 mi
ll
ion sapl
i
ngsacr ossthecountry
marki
ng thebirt
h centenar
yofFatheroft heNat
ion Bangabandhu Shei
kh Muj
ibur
Rahaman.
Not
edIndianfil
m dir
ect
orShyam Benegalhasbeensel
ectedt
omakeaBanglafi
lm on
t
helif
eandwor ksofBangabandhuShei khMuji
burRahman.Shy
am Benegalear
li
er
madeabiographical
movieonNetaj
iSubhasChandraBose.
Dif
ferentpublicat
ions,including acompi lat
ionofr eport
sbyPakist
an’
si nt
ell
igence
agencyonBangabandhu, wi l
lbepublishedbef oreSheikhMuji
b'
snextbi
rt
hanniversary.
The9, 000-
pagecompi lati
onwi l
lhave14sect ions.I
twi l
lbeasel
ecti
onfrom 47f il
es
containi
ng30,000pages, partysourcessaid.
Anot
hercompi
lat
ionofwr
it
ingsont
heAgar
tal
aconspi
racyandBangabandhuwi
l
lal
so
bepubl
i
shed.
Besi
des,
rar
epi
ctur
esofBangabandhuwi
l
lal
sobecol
l
ect
ed.
Meanwhil
e,y outh and spor
ts mi
nist
ryhas planned to st
age mega spor
ts event
s,
i
ncl
udingaf ootbal
lmatchamongt woEur opeanteams,twoT-20cri
cketmatcheswith
t
heparti
cipati
onofAsianandWor l
dstarsandanat hl
eti
csmeettocel
ebrat
eMuj i
bYear.
Besi
des,the f
orei
gn mini
str
yhas taken ini
ti
ati
ves to pr
esentthe count
ry’
s motto
‘
Fri
endshi
ptoall,mal
icetonone’
,enunciat
edbyBangabandhu,acr osstheworld.I
tis
al
soprepari
ngtotakeanini
ti
ati
vetomov ear esolut
iononBangabandhuattheUnited
Nati
onsontheoccasi
onofhis100t
hbirthanni
v er
sarycel
ebrat
ions.

Concl
usi
on:
Nami ngtheyearsof2020and2021asMuj ibBarshaorMuj
ibYear
,Pri
meMini
ster
Hasinahad pledged t
o cel
ebr
atethe100t
hbirt
hanniver
sar
ywithpeopl
efr
om all
echelonsi
fsociet
ythr
oughyear
longpr
ogr
ammes.
“TheFat
heroftheNati
onrepai
dhisdebtwithhisli
fe.Wemustnow repayhim,
”the
pri
meminist
erhadsai
ddur
ingthef
ir
stannouncementofthi
scel
ebr
ati
onin2018.
‘
’IhavenotseentheHi
mal
ayas.ButIhav
eseenSheikhMuj
i
b.I
nper
sonali
tyandin
courage,t
hismanistheHi
malayas’’
,Fi
delCast
ro,For
merPr
imeMini
sterofthe
Republi
cofCuba