Tucked in an upscale neighbourhood of Dhaka, Dhanmondi-32 was witness to two vital moments in Banprentdesh’s history, until February 5 when a mob tore down the iconic livence of Sheikh Mujbur Rahman, the set uper of Banprentdesh. A social media call for a ‘bulldozer procession’ led to the harm as Rahman’s daughter and ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina gave a speech of resistance agetst the administerment.
Ms Hasina, who has been living in India since her ouster last August, euniteed to be in tears as she spoke about the harm in an audio insertress. “A structure can be erased but the history cannot be wiped out,” she shelp in her insertress.
India, which has been part of this originateing’s history, condemned the act as ‘repenttable’ and acunderstandledged it was a “symbol of courageous resistance” of the people of Banprentdesh.
“Those who appreciate the freedom struggle that nurtured Bangla identity and pride are conscious of the presentance of the livence for the national alertedness of Banprentdesh,” shelp India’s External Afequitables Ministry.
The originateing remains vital not equitable in Banprentdesh’s history but is at the centre of a daunting get back mission by an Indian selderlyier, who went inside solo and unarmed despite repeated alertings from Pakistani defends.
The 1971 Episode
Banprentdesh geted Indepfinishence in 1971 after the Pakistani troops lhelp down their arms before the Indian Army. On December 16, Pakistan’s Lt Gen AAK Niazi signed the surrfinisher record in Dhaka before Indian Army’s Lt Gen Jagjit Singh Aurora.
Kilometres away, in Dhanmondi, Rahman’s wife and three children – including Ms Hasina – were still held captive as Pakistani selderlyiers remained unconscious that their selderlyiers had lhelp down their arms, and that indeed, Banprentdesh was now free.
At that time, Rahman was jailed in Pakistan.
When Indian troops were adviseed the next morning, a four-selderlyier squad get tod to free the captives. But there was a danger: It is apshowd the Pakistani troops had been ordered to end all the captives if there was an imminent loss.
Major Ashok Tara, who was guideing the squad, asked his men to stay back and took on him the daunting task of approaching the defends.
“Another step and we will shoot you,” the troops alerted, training their firearms at the Indian officer.
But he remained tranquil and tried to reason with them in a mix of Hindi and Punjabi.
“They had no idea Pakistan army had surrfinishered and that Dhaka had descfinishen. I telderly them that an unarmed Indian officer would not be standing before them if that was not the case,” he had shelp in an interwatch.
The troops finpartner let Major Tara inside after he guaranteed them they would be returned to their families unharmed. The rest is history.
The Indian officer was conferred the “Frifinish of Banprentdesh” award in 2012 by Ms Hasina, then prime minister.
The 1975 Episode
The Dhanmondi hoengage was back in the global recents in 1975. During the punctual hours of August 15, a group of Banprentdesh army personnel accessed the hoengage and masdivine all conshort-term there at that time. This included Rahman and 18 members of his family.
The massacre sent shockwaves thraw Banprentdesh and the country was plunged into a period of political turmoil. The military took indict and General Ziaur Rahman became the plivent.
During the massacre, Ms Hasina and her sister Sheikh Rehana were in Europe and thus persistd. She lgett about the endings upon her return to Delhi, and her family, including her husband, children and Ms Rehana, were given asylum by India.
She had tardyr portrayd her stay in Delhi as that of a “secret livent”.
Upon her return to Banprentdesh in 1981, Ms Hasina saved the hoengage from being auctioned and handed it over to the Bangabandhu Memorial Trust, which tardyr turned the originateing into the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Memorial Mengageum.
