JSC Seen📖Class VIII

JSC Unit: 5; Lesson 2(B); The Historic 7 March Speech

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Rahman delivered his most iconic speech at the Race Course Maidan (now Suhrawardy Udyan) on 7 March 1971.

āĻŦāĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§ āĻļā§‡āĻ– āĻŽā§āĻœāĻŋāĻŦā§āĻ° āĻ°āĻšāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ ā§§ā§¯ā§­ā§§ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ° ā§­ āĻ‡ āĻŽāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻš āĻ°ā§‡āĻ¸āĻ•ā§‹āĻ°ā§āĻ¸ āĻŽā§ŸāĻĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ (āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ āĻ¸ā§‹āĻšāĻ°āĻžāĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĻā§€ āĻ‰āĻĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨) āĻ¤āĻžāĻāĻ° āĻœā§€āĻŦāĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻ¯ā§āĻ—āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§€/ āĻ¸āĻŦāĻšā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ–ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¤ āĻ­āĻžāĻˇāĻŖ āĻĻā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤

He called on his fellow countrymen to get ready for independence. On the day, a million people gathered there to listen to their great leader.

āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¤āĻžāĻāĻ° āĻĻā§‡āĻļāĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§€āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ§ā§€āĻ¨āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ āĻšāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ†āĻšāĻŦāĻžāĻ¨ āĻœāĻžāĻ¨āĻžāĻ¨āĨ¤ āĻ¸ā§‡āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨ āĻĻāĻļ āĻ˛āĻ•ā§āĻˇ āĻ˛ā§‹āĻ• āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻāĻ° āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻ¨ āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ­āĻžāĻˇāĻŖ āĻļā§‹āĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻŦā§‡āĻ¤ āĻšāĻ¨āĨ¤

It was this speech that encouraged the freedom-seeking Bangalees to prepare for the Liberation War.

āĻāĻ‡ āĻ­āĻžāĻˇāĻŖāĻ‡ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ§ā§€āĻ¨āĻ¤āĻžāĻ•āĻžāĻŽā§€ āĻŦāĻžāĻ™āĻžāĻ˛āĻŋāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¯ā§āĻĻā§āĻ§ā§‡āĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ āĻšāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤

The 19 minute speech has been recognized by UNESCO as one of the world’s most important documentary heritages.

ā§§ā§¯ āĻŽāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻŸā§‡āĻ° āĻāĻ‡ āĻ­āĻžāĻˇāĻŖāĻŸāĻŋ āĻ‡āĻ‰āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§‹ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ƒāĻ• āĻĒā§ƒāĻĨāĻŋāĻŦā§€āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŦāĻšā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ—ā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻĻāĻžāĻ˛āĻŋāĻ˛āĻŋāĻ• āĻāĻ¤āĻŋāĻšā§āĻ¯ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻ¤āĻŽ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¸ā§‡āĻŦā§‡ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦā§€āĻ•ā§ƒāĻ¤ āĻšā§Ÿā§‡āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤

UNESCO added the speech to the Memory of the World Register as a documentary heritage on 30 October 2017, giving it a legendary status. Irina Bokova, Director General of  UNESCO on 30 October 2017, giving it a legendary status.

āĻ‡āĻ‰āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§‹āĻ° ā§¨ā§Ļā§§ā§­ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ° ā§Šā§Ļ āĻ…āĻ•ā§āĻŸā§‹āĻŦāĻ° āĻ­āĻžāĻˇāĻŖāĻŸāĻŋāĻ•ā§‡ āĻĻāĻžāĻ˛āĻŋāĻ˛āĻŋāĻ• āĻāĻ¤āĻŋāĻšā§āĻ¯ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¸ā§‡āĻŦā§‡ Memory of the World Register –āĻ āĻ¸āĻ‚āĻ¯ā§āĻ•ā§āĻ¤ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĨ¤ āĻ‡āĻ‰āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§‹āĻ° āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻšāĻžāĻ˛āĻ• āĻ‡āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¨āĻž āĻŦā§‹āĻ•āĻžāĻ­āĻž āĻĒā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¸ā§‡ āĻāĻ° āĻ¸āĻĻāĻ° āĻĻāĻĢāĻ¤āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ¸āĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻŸāĻŋāĻ° āĻ˜ā§‹āĻˇāĻŖāĻž āĻĻā§‡ā§ŸāĨ¤

UNESCO official website says that, “ ….. The speech effectively declared the independence of Bangladesh. ….. The speech was extempore and there was no written script ……..”

āĻ‡āĻ‰āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§‹āĻ° āĻĻāĻžāĻĢāĻ¤āĻ°āĻŋāĻ• āĻ“ā§Ÿā§‡āĻŦāĻ¸āĻžāĻ‡āĻŸā§‡ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻž āĻšā§Ÿā§‡āĻ›ā§‡ āĻ¯ā§‡, —- āĻ­āĻžāĻˇāĻŖāĻŸāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻ¤ āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻļā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ§ā§€āĻ¨āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ˜ā§‹āĻˇāĻŖāĻž āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤—- āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ āĻ‰āĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻŦāĻ•ā§āĻ¤ā§ƒāĻ¤āĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ āĻ˛āĻŋāĻ–āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻĒāĻŋ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ āĻ¨āĻž—-āĨ¤

He started his speech with these words. “today, I appear before you with a heavy heart. You know everything and understand as well.

āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻ‡ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ—ā§āĻ˛ā§‹ āĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ¤āĻžāĻāĻ° āĻ­āĻžāĻˇāĻ¨ āĻļā§āĻ°ā§ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨, āĻ†āĻœ āĻĻā§āĻƒāĻ– āĻ­āĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻ•ā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ¨āĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻŽāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻšāĻžāĻœāĻŋāĻ° āĻšā§Ÿā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ¸āĻŦāĻ‡ āĻœāĻžāĻ¨ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ āĻŦā§‹āĻā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤

We tried with our lives. ……. Today the people of Bengal want freedom, the people of Bengal want to survive, and the people of Bengal want to have their rights……..”

āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻœā§€āĻŦāĻ¨ āĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āĻŸāĻž āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤ …. āĻ†āĻœ āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻˇ āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻšāĻžā§Ÿ, āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻžāĻ° āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻˇ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻšāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻžā§Ÿ, āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻžāĻ° āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻˇ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ…āĻ§āĻŋāĻ•āĻžāĻ° āĻšāĻžā§ŸāĨ¤

English āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž
Vocabulary

1.Deliver (v)

2.Iconic (adj)

3.Fellow (adj)

4.Countrymen (n)

5.Encourage (v)

6.Freedom –seeking (adj

7.Recognize (v)

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ°

1.āĻŦāĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŦā§āĻ¯ āĻĻā§‡āĻ“ā§ŸāĻž

2.āĻļā§āĻ°ā§‡āĻˇā§āĻ , āĻ¸āĻŦāĻšā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ–ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¤

3.āĻāĻ•āĻ‡ āĻļā§āĻ°ā§‡āĻŖāĻŋāĻ°

4.āĻĻā§‡āĻļāĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§€, āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻĻā§‡āĻļāĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§€

5.āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž

6.āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ§ā§€āĻ¨āĻ¤āĻžāĻ•āĻžāĻŽā§€

7.āĻ¸ā§āĻŦā§€āĻ•ā§ƒāĻ¤āĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĻāĻžāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž

 

English āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž
08. Documentry (adj)

09. Heritage (v)

10. Legendary (adj)

11. Status (n)

12. Announce (v)

13. Headquarters (n)

14. Script (n)

ā§Ļā§Ž. āĻĻāĻžāĻ˛āĻŋāĻ˛āĻŋāĻ•. āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻŖāĻŋāĻ•

ā§Ļā§¯. āĻāĻ•āĻŋāĻšā§āĻ¯āĻ¸āĻŽā§‚āĻš

ā§§ā§Ļ. āĻŦāĻŋāĻ–ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¤, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ‚āĻŦāĻĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ°

ā§§ā§§. āĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻĻāĻž, āĻ¸āĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻœāĻŋāĻ• āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨

ā§§ā§¨. āĻ˜ā§‹āĻˇāĻŖāĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻž

ā§§ā§Š. āĻ¸āĻĻāĻ° āĻĻāĻĒā§āĻ¤āĻ°

ā§§ā§Ē. āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻĒāĻŋ

 

English āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž
16. Survive (v)

17. Rights (n)

18. Extempore (ad)

ā§§ā§Ŧ. āĻŦā§‡āĻāĻšā§‡ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž

ā§§ā§­. āĻ…āĻ§āĻŋāĻ•āĻžāĻ°āĻ¸āĻŽā§‚āĻš

18. āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻšāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ›āĻžā§œāĻžāĻ‡