People are born free. He protests only when his birthright is robbed by others. He tries to establish his own freedom in exchange for everything. After 200 years of British colonial rule, the Bengali nation had to face the brutal exploitation of Pakistani exploiters for 24 long years. The Bengalis in the chains of subjugation started a deadly struggle on March 26, 1971 with the dream of establishing independence. Nine months of bloody war; Freedom was achieved through the sacrifices of three million lives and two million mothers and sisters. Bangladesh, an independent and sovereign country, was born on the world map. March 26 is the glorious day of the official start of the journey to independence, which is celebrated in the history of Bangladesh as the 'Great Independence Day'.
★Operation Searchlight:
On the dark night of March 25, the barbaric Pakistani brigade launched a brutal massacre of unarmed and sleeping Bengalis. According to the Asia Times, "Indians are bastards anyway". In a meeting with the senior officers of the army, Yahya Khan declared, "Kill three million Bengalis, then you will see that they will lick our hands." As planned, the Pakistan Army launched Operation Searchlight on the night of March 25 with the aim of crushing the Bengali resistance. As a part of this, Bengali members of the military were disarmed and killed, students and intellectuals were killed and civilians were killed indiscriminately all over Bangladesh.
★Resistance of Bengalis and gaining independence:
On the night of March 25, Bangabandhu was arrested and taken to West Pakistan. Before his arrest, he declared the independence of Bangladesh in the early hours of March 26. In his absence, other organizers of the war of liberation formed a temporary Mujibnagar government and formed an intense movement against the Pak army. Bangladesh finally became independent in exchange for the united struggle of people of all walks of life, the full support of friendly countries, the positive role of the world media and the respect of three million martyrs and two million mothers and sisters.
★Objectives and Significance:
The main objective of the War of Independence was to achieve the right to self-determination and to establish a non-communal, welfare oriented, humane, progressive independent democratic state. One of the main objectives of independence was to establish a happy and prosperous society free from hunger and poverty by establishing national identity, ending exploitation, discrimination and injustice by ensuring basic human rights and just rights. The significance of Independence Day in national life is immense. This day brings at the same time the acid-sweet feeling of joy and pain in the life of a Bengali. The pain of losing on the one hand and the joy of gaining on the other. But in the end, even after losing everything, the immense joy of gaining independence became great for every Bengali. This glorious day comes every year with the message of self-sacrifice and self-identification. Reminds us of our responsibilities. This day brings inspiration and direction to move forward in new ventures.
★Current reality:
Not thirty, but forty-three years of independence have passed. Our dream of a happy and prosperous peaceful society has not been fulfilled. We are still suffering from hunger, poverty, illiteracy and unemployment. Degradation of values, violent anti-politics, tailgating student politics, rampant corruption, etc. are holding the reins of realizing the dream of freedom. The consciousness of freedom seems to be fading and we are gradually retreating.
★Ways to overcome the crisis:
The most hopeful thing in overcoming the crisis is that our present generation is quite interested in freedom. This generation needs to be inculcated in the spirit of independence and initiated to take the country forward. For this, it is important to give them the correct history of independence. This can be done by collecting accurate history from the living freedom fighters and preventing distortion of history. We have to rise above party or personal interests and practice welfare oriented politics.
We have to rise above all kinds of narrowness in protecting this acquired freedom and implementing its consciousness.
It is so unfortunate that a country forgets the role of another country which faught for its independence. Without the help of India you would have still be slaves of Pakistan. It shows the mentality of you people.