Paragraph: The Liberation War/ The Independence War

The war of independence is a glorious period in the history of our country. The war was fought against the Pakistan army in 1971. Through this war Bangladesh independent country. It was also a war of supreme sacrifice. About three million people died in this war. Most of them died in the genocide carried out by the Pakistani army.. Before 1971 it was known as East Pakistan. Then we were the part of then Pakistan. They started to oppress us in many ways. They did not give our rights. On 25 March 1971 the Pakistani army invaded our mother land. They killed many people and injured a lot. Many women were tortured by them. Thousands of them were raped and killed. Many people fled to India to survive. But people could not bear any more. They made themselves ready to face the Pakistani army. Many common people, with the help of Indian government, fought against them. They fought for Liberation. So it is called Liberation War of Bangladesh. Then Sheikh Mujib was the leader and General Ataul Gani Osmani was the Army Chief. Sheikh Mujibur Rahman played the lead role in gaining independence. He inspired people to fight for mother land. Common people of Bengal went to battle field with the dream of having a free mother land. And it was the great leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman who made people dream for an independent country. It was not easy for the common people to fight against the trained armies of Pakistan. They fought for nine month and after nine month we gained our liberation. But this liberation took lives of more than thirty lakh of people. Now we are a free nation. We remember the freedom fighter with great respect.