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SSC Unit: 1; Lesson 2 The Tale of Homecoming

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was arrested by the Pakistani Army immediately after declaration of independence at the first hour of the 26 March 1971.

āĻŦāĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§ āĻļā§‡āĻ– āĻŽā§āĻœāĻŋāĻŦā§āĻ° āĻ°āĻšāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨āĻ•ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ•āĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸ā§‡āĻ¨āĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻ¨ā§€ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ§ā§€āĻ¨āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ˜ā§‹āĻˇāĻŖāĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻ°āĻĒāĻ°āĻ‡ ā§§ā§¯ā§­ā§§ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ° ā§¨ā§ŦāĻļā§‡ āĻŽāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻšā§‡āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻšāĻ°ā§‡ āĻ—ā§āĻ°ā§‡āĻĒā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĨ¤

He was taken to Pakistan as a captive and imprisoned in a small cell for capital punishment until 7th January, 1972.

āĻ¤āĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§€ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¸āĻžāĻŦā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ•āĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ ā§§ā§¯ā§­ā§¨ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ°, ā§­āĻ‡ āĻœāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ°ā§€ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻŽā§ƒāĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻĻāĻŖā§āĻĄā§‡āĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ›ā§‹āĻŸ āĻ•āĻ•ā§āĻˇā§‡ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŋ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤

Even a grave was dug in front of his cell but Mujib was fearless. He knew nothing stop the Bangalees to gain independence.

āĻāĻŽāĻ¨āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ•ā§āĻˇā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻŽāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŦāĻ° āĻ–āĻ¨āĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻŽā§āĻœāĻŋāĻŦ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻ­ā§€āĻ• āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻœāĻžāĻ¨āĻ¤ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§āĻ‡ āĻŦāĻžāĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻžāĻ˛ā§€āĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ§ā§€āĻ¨āĻ¤āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻœāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻĨāĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻŦā§‡ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤

In fact, his name and independence became synonymous. So the the whole world was awaiting breathlessly to witness his homecoming.

āĻ†āĻ¸āĻ˛ā§‡, āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ¨āĻžāĻŽ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ§ā§€āĻ¨āĻ¤āĻž āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻ• āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻ‰āĻ ā§‡āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤āĻ¤āĻžāĻ‡ āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§‹ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§€ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻĻāĻŽāĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ…āĻĒā§‡āĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤

And he had a grand homecoming indeed narrated by eminent columnist and writer Syed Badrul Ahsan.

āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ°āĻžāĻœāĻ•ā§€ā§ŸāĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§‡ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻĻā§‡āĻļ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨, āĻ¯āĻž āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ–ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¤ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ‚āĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĻŋāĻ• āĻ“ āĻ˛ā§‡āĻ–āĻ• āĻ¸ā§ˆā§ŸāĻĻ āĻŦāĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻ˛ āĻ†āĻšāĻ¸āĻžāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ƒāĻ• āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻšā§Ÿā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤

In the evening of 7 January, 1972, Bangabandhu left Chaklala Airport in Rawalpindi, from where he would fly to London.

ā§§ā§¯ā§­ā§¨ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ° ā§­āĻ‡ āĻœāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ°ā§€āĻ° āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻŦāĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§ āĻ°āĻžāĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ˛āĻĒāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻŋāĻ° āĻšāĻžāĻ•āĻ˛āĻžāĻ˛āĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻ° āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ— āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨, āĻ¸ā§‡āĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ āĻĨā§‡āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ˛āĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžāĻŦā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤

Nine months earlier he was brought to Pakistan as a prisoner with little hope to return. And how he was free to go home. Pakistan, as soon as the PIA aircraft took off, was finally behind him.

āĻ¨āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¸ āĻ†āĻ—ā§‡ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§€ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¸āĻžāĻŦā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ•āĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻ†āĻ¸āĻž āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĢāĻŋāĻ°ā§‡ āĻ†āĻ¸āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ†āĻļāĻž āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ•ā§€āĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§‡ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ¯ā§‡āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āĻ¤ āĻšā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤ āĻĒāĻžāĻ•āĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ¨, āĻĒāĻŋāĻ†āĻ‡āĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ‰āĻĄā§āĻĄā§ŸāĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻļā§‡āĻˇ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤

Early in the morning on 8 January 1972, Bangabandhu arrived at Heathrow Airport. News of Bangabandhu’s arrival in London spread quickly.

ā§§ā§¯ā§­ā§¨ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ° ā§Ž āĻ‡ āĻœāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ°ā§€āĻ° āĻ­ā§‹āĻ°ā§‡ āĻŦāĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§ āĻšāĻŋāĻĨā§āĻ°ā§‹ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻ°ā§‡ āĻĒā§ŒāĻāĻ›ā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤ āĻŦāĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§āĻ° āĻ˛āĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ†āĻ—āĻŽāĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻ‚āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ āĻ›āĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧā§‡āĨ¤

Journalists, the general public, British officials and politicians and Bangalee resident in the city made their way to Hotel Claridges.

āĻ¸āĻžāĻ‚āĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĻŋāĻ•, āĻ¸āĻžāĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻœāĻ¨āĻ—āĻŖ, āĻŦā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻŸāĻŋāĻļ āĻ†āĻ§āĻŋāĻ•āĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ°āĻžāĻœāĻ¨ā§€āĻ¤āĻŋāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻļāĻšāĻ°ā§‡ āĻŦāĻžāĻ™āĻžāĻ˛āĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻšā§‹āĻŸā§‡āĻ˛ āĻ•ā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĻœā§‡āĻ¸ā§‡āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻž āĻļā§āĻ°ā§ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤

News bulletins on the BBC and other media organizations made note of the Bangabandhu’s arrival in their headlines. By early afternoon, the Father of the Nation had met the British Prime Minister Edward Heath and Leader of the opposition party Harlod Wilson.

āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸āĻŋ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻŽāĻŋāĻĄāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻ¸āĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ—ā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻ° āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ‰āĻœ āĻŦā§āĻ˛ā§‡āĻŸāĻŋāĻ¨āĻ—ā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻļāĻŋāĻ°ā§‹āĻ¨āĻžāĻŽā§‡ āĻŦāĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§āĻ° āĻ†āĻ—āĻŽāĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇāĻ¯āĻŧāĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¨ā§‹āĻŸ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤

āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§‡āĻ˛ā§‡ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĨāĻŽāĻĻāĻŋāĻ•ā§‡ āĻœāĻžāĻ¤āĻŋāĻ° āĻĒāĻŋāĻ¤āĻž āĻŦā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻŸāĻŋāĻļ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§€ āĻāĻĄāĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĄ āĻšāĻŋāĻĨ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°ā§‹āĻ§ā§€ āĻĻāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ° āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ¤āĻž āĻšāĻžāĻ°āĻ˛āĻĄ āĻ‰āĻ‡āĻ˛āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻž āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨

Then he called Dhaka and for the first time since his arrest by the Pakistan Army in March, spoke to his family. A long conversation then followed with Prime Minister Tajuddin Ahmed.

āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻĒāĻ°ā§‡ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻĸāĻžāĻ•āĻž āĻ•āĻ˛ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŽāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻš āĻŽāĻžāĻ¸ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ•āĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ¨ āĻ¸ā§‡āĻ¨āĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻ¨ā§€āĻ° āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ—ā§āĻ°ā§‡āĻĒā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĻ° āĻĒāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĨāĻŽāĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĻ° āĻŽāĻ¤ā§‹ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻĒāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§€ āĻ¤āĻžāĻœāĻ‰āĻĻā§āĻĻā§€āĻ¨ āĻ†āĻšāĻŽāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻĻā§€āĻ°ā§āĻ˜ āĻ†āĻ˛ā§‹āĻšāĻ¨āĻž āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤

The conversation with his family and with Tajuddin were emotional affairs, but he now had a clear picture of all that had happened in his absence in Bangladesh. It gave him immense pleasure knowing that he had truly liberated his people.

āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¤āĻžāĻœāĻ‰āĻĻā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻ•āĻĨā§‹āĻĒāĻ•āĻĨāĻ¨āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ āĻ†āĻŦā§‡āĻ—āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇāĻ¯āĻŧ, āĻ¤āĻŦā§‡ āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻļā§‡ āĻāĻ–āĻ¨ āĻ¤āĻžāĻāĻ° āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻž āĻ˜āĻŸā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻˇā§āĻŸ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻžāĻ›ā§‡ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¸āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻ‡ āĻ¤āĻžāĻāĻ° āĻ˛ā§‹āĻ•āĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¤āĻž āĻœā§‡āĻ¨ā§‡ āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻšā§āĻ° āĻ†āĻ¨āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻĻāĻŋāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤

Bangabandhu’s opening words at a crowded news conference that evening at Claridges was a touch poetic. He expressed the unbounded joy of freedom achieved by his people in an epic liberation struggle.

āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ•ā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻ°āĻŋāĻœā§‡āĻœā§‡ āĻœāĻ¨āĻžāĻ•ā§€āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ¸āĻ‚āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻŽā§‡āĻ˛āĻ¨ā§‡ āĻŦāĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§āĻ° āĻ–ā§‹āĻ˛āĻžāĻŽā§‡āĻ˛āĻž āĻ•āĻĨāĻžāĻŸāĻŋ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ āĻāĻ• āĻ›ā§‹āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻ•āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¤āĻžāĨ¤ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻ•āĻžāĻŦā§āĻ¯, āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ¸āĻ‚āĻ—ā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŽā§‡ āĻ¤āĻžāĻāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨āĻ—āĻŖā§‡āĻ° āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻœāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ§ā§€āĻ¨āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°, āĻ¸ā§€āĻŽāĻžāĻšā§€āĻ¨ āĻ†āĻ¨āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ•āĻžāĻļ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤

Bangladesh, he told crowd, was a reality and would fulfill its obligations as part of the international community. He made it clear that those who were involved in different types of crimes including genocide would be trialed by his  government.

āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻœāĻ¨āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻ—āĻŽāĻ•ā§‡ āĻŦāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨, āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻļ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻŦāĻ¤āĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ†āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻ°ā§āĻœāĻžāĻ¤āĻŋāĻ• āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĻāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ° āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¸āĻžāĻŦā§‡ āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻĻāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻĒāĻžāĻ˛āĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°āĻŦā§‡āĨ¤ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻˇā§āĻŸ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ—āĻŖāĻšāĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¸āĻš āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨ āĻ§āĻ°āĻŖā§‡āĻ° āĻ…āĻĒāĻ°āĻžāĻ§ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻœāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻ°āĻ•āĻžāĻ° āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻŦāĻŋāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°āĻŦā§‡āĨ¤

Bangabandhu left London for Dhaka on the 9 January evening in 1972. On the way, he would stopover in Delhi.

āĻŦāĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§ ā§§ā§¯ā§­ā§¨ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ° ā§¯ āĻœāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ°ā§€ āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻĸāĻžāĻ•āĻžāĻ° āĻ‰āĻĻā§āĻĻā§‡āĻļā§āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ˛āĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻ¨ āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ— āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤āĻĒāĻĨā§‡, āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤

He was welcomed at Delhi’s Palam Airport in the morning of 10 January by President V.V Giri, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, West Bengal Politician Siddhartha Shankar Ray and the Chiefs of the Indian armed forces.

āĻ°āĻžāĻˇā§āĻŸā§āĻ°āĻĒāĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ­āĻŋ āĻ­āĻŋ āĻ—āĻŋāĻ°āĻŋ, āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§€ āĻ‡āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻ°āĻž āĻ—āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§€, āĻĒāĻļā§āĻšāĻŋāĻŽāĻŦāĻ™ā§āĻ—ā§‡āĻ° āĻ°āĻžāĻœāĻ¨ā§€āĻ¤āĻŋāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻ āĻ¸āĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻļāĻ™ā§āĻ•āĻ° āĻ°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ­āĻžāĻ°āĻ¤ā§€āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¸āĻļāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻ¨ā§€āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨āĻ—āĻŖ āĻ¤āĻžāĻāĻ•ā§‡ ā§§ā§Ļ āĻœāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĻ° āĻ¸āĻ•āĻžāĻ˛ā§‡ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻ° āĻĒāĻžāĻ˛āĻžāĻŽ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻ°ā§‡ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ—āĻ¤ āĻœāĻžāĻ¨āĻžāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤

Bangabandhu stayed in Delhi for about two hours. During this time, he addressed a public rally and mesmerized everyone.

āĻŦāĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻĻā§āĻ‡ āĻ˜āĻ¨ā§āĻŸāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤ āĻāĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻœāĻ¨āĻ¸āĻ­āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻŦāĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŦā§āĻ¯ āĻ°āĻžāĻ–ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¸āĻŦāĻžāĻ‡āĻ•ā§‡ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻļāĻ‚āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤

There he wholeheartedly thanked Mrs. Gandhi the people and the politicians of India for the tremendous help they had provide to Bangladesh and the ten million refuges.

āĻ¸ā§‡āĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻļā§āĻ°ā§€āĻŽāĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ—āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§€āĻ•ā§‡ āĻœāĻ¨āĻ—āĻŖ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ­āĻžāĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡āĻ° āĻ°āĻžāĻœāĻ¨ā§€āĻ¤āĻŋāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻļ āĻ“ āĻāĻ• āĻ•ā§‹āĻŸāĻŋ āĻļāĻ°āĻ¨āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨā§€āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ…āĻ¸āĻžāĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻ¸āĻšāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¤āĻž āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ†āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻ°āĻŋāĻ•āĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§‡ āĻ§āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻœāĻžāĻ¨āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤

Then it was on to Dhaka, where millions of people had begun to crowd the route that their leader would pass and Race Course Maidan where the leader would deliver a speech before going home.

āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻĒāĻ°ā§‡ āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻĸāĻžāĻ•āĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻĨā§‡ āĻšāĻ˛ā§‡ āĻ—āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛, āĻ¯ā§‡āĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ˛āĻ•ā§āĻˇ āĻ˛āĻ•ā§āĻˇ āĻ˛ā§‹āĻ• āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ¤āĻž āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻĒāĻĨā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžāĻŦā§‡ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ°ā§‡āĻ¸āĻ•ā§‹āĻ°ā§āĻ¸ āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧāĻĻāĻžāĻ¨ āĻ­āĻŋāĻĄāĻŧ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻļā§āĻ°ā§ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ āĻ¯ā§‡āĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻ†āĻ—ā§‡ āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ¤āĻž āĻŦāĻ•ā§āĻ¤ā§ƒāĻ¤āĻž āĻĻā§‡āĻŦā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤

On the tarmac at Tejgaon Airport , solders of the Indian Army and the Mukti Bahini were on standby to present Bangladesh’s president with a guard of honour.

āĻ¤ā§‡āĻœāĻ—āĻžāĻāĻ“ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻ°ā§‡āĻ° āĻŸāĻžāĻ°āĻŽā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ­āĻžāĻ°āĻ¤ā§€āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¸ā§‡āĻ¨āĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻ¨ā§€āĻ° āĻ¸ā§ˆāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻ°āĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻ¨ā§€ āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻļā§‡āĻ° āĻ°āĻžāĻˇā§āĻŸā§āĻ°āĻĒāĻ¤āĻŋāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ—āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĄ āĻ…āĻĢ āĻ…āĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻ‰āĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤

Members of the wartime cabinet waited in the winter sun, as did a horde of newsman. Sometime after 1:30 pm, the Comet aircraft made available to Bangabandhu by the British government landed in Dhaka.

āĻ¯ā§āĻĻā§āĻ§āĻ•āĻžāĻ˛ā§€āĻ¨ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻˇāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻĻāĻ¸ā§āĻ¯āĻ°āĻž āĻļā§€āĻ¤ā§‡āĻ° āĻ°ā§‹āĻĻā§‡ āĻ…āĻĒā§‡āĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻž āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨, āĻ¯ā§‡āĻŽāĻ¨ āĻāĻ•āĻœāĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻ‚āĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĻĻāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ° āĻāĻ•āĻĻāĻ˛āĨ¤ āĻŦā§‡āĻ˛āĻž āĻĻā§‡āĻĄāĻŧāĻŸāĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻ°ā§‡ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ° āĻĒāĻ°ā§‡ āĻŦā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻŸāĻŋāĻļ āĻ¸āĻ°āĻ•āĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ƒāĻ• āĻŦāĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§āĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ¸āĻ°āĻŦāĻ°āĻžāĻš āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻ•āĻŽā§‡āĻŸ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨āĻŸāĻŋ āĻĸāĻžāĻ•āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¤āĻ°āĻŖ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĨ¤

As soon as the doors of the aircraft opened, Bangabandhu appeared. It was clear he had lost weight due due to imprisonment for nearly ten months in a Pakistani prison.

āĻŦāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻĻāĻ°āĻœāĻž āĻ–ā§‹āĻ˛āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻŦāĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§ āĻœāĻ¨āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§‡ āĻšāĻžāĻœāĻŋāĻ° āĻšāĻ¨āĨ¤ āĻāĻŸāĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻˇā§āĻŸ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ•āĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻ•āĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻ—āĻžāĻ°ā§‡ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻĻāĻļ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¸ āĻ•āĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻĻāĻŖā§āĻĄā§‡āĻ° āĻ•āĻžāĻ°āĻŖā§‡ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ“āĻœāĻ¨ āĻšā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¸ āĻĒā§‡āĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤

A big smile appeared on his face as he swept back his hair with his right hand. Prime Minister Tajuddin Ahmed then moved forward and buried his head in his leader’s chest.

āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻĄāĻžāĻ¨ āĻšāĻžāĻ¤ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻ¯āĻ–āĻ¨ āĻšā§āĻ˛ āĻ†āĻāĻšā§œāĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¸ā§‡ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻŽā§āĻ–ā§‡ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧ āĻšāĻžāĻ¸āĻŋ āĻ‰āĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻĒāĻ°ā§‡ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§€ āĻ¤āĻžāĻœāĻ‰āĻĻā§āĻĻā§€āĻ¨ āĻ†āĻšāĻŽāĻĻ āĻāĻ—āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻŦā§āĻ•ā§‡ āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻž āĻ°āĻžāĻ–āĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨ā§āĨ¤

Both men broke down. Their tears soon led to moist eyes in nearly everyone else present around them.

āĻĻā§āĻœāĻ¨ā§‡āĻ‡ āĻ•āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨āĻžā§Ÿ  āĻ­ā§‡āĻ™ā§‡ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻ˛āĨ¤ āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ…āĻļā§āĻ°ā§āĻ—ā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻļā§€āĻ˜ā§āĻ°āĻ‡ āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻšāĻžāĻ°āĻĒāĻžāĻļā§‡ āĻ‰āĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¸āĻ•āĻ˛ā§‡āĻ° āĻšā§‹āĻ–āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ†āĻ°ā§āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ¤ā§‹āĻ˛ā§‡āĨ¤

Once the formalities at the airport were completed, the Father of the Nation climbed on a board of an open truck, with the Mujibnagar government figures and the student leaders crowding around him. He headed for the Race Course.

āĻŦāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻ°ā§‡ āĻ†āĻ¨ā§āĻˇā§āĻ āĻžāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ•āĻ¤āĻž āĻļā§‡āĻˇ āĻšāĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻ°ā§‡, āĻœāĻžāĻ¤āĻŋāĻ° āĻĒāĻŋāĻ¤āĻž āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ–ā§‹āĻ˛āĻž āĻŸā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ•ā§‡āĻ° āĻŦā§‹āĻ°ā§āĻĄā§‡ āĻ‰āĻ ā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨, āĻŽā§āĻœāĻŋāĻŦāĻ¨āĻ—āĻ° āĻ¸āĻ°āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§€ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ›āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ¤āĻžāĻāĻ° āĻšāĻžāĻ°āĻĒāĻžāĻļā§‡ āĻ­āĻŋāĻĄāĻŧ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ°ā§‡āĻ¸āĻ•ā§‹āĻ°ā§āĻ¸ā§‡āĻ° āĻĻāĻŋāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤

The two-miles stretch of road would take the procession almost three hours to cover. At the Race Course, Bangabandhu wept remembering the sacrifices of the Bangalees had made in the war against Pakistan.

āĻļā§‹āĻ­āĻžāĻ¯āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŸāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻ‡ āĻŽāĻžāĻ‡āĻ˛ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¸āĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ°āĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻŸāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻ° āĻšāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨ āĻ˜āĻ¨ā§āĻŸāĻž āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤ āĻ°ā§‡āĻ¸āĻ•ā§‹āĻ°ā§āĻ¸ā§‡ āĻŦāĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ•āĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻā§āĻ§ā§‡ āĻ¯ā§āĻĻā§āĻ§ā§‡ āĻŦāĻžāĻ™āĻžāĻ˛āĻŋāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ— āĻ¸ā§āĻŦā§€āĻ•āĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¤āĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻŽāĻ°āĻŖ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ•ā§‡āĻāĻĻā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤

He told how the military junta had tried to intimidate him during his trail. He said them I am a Bangalee and a Muslim, who only dies once. I would walk the gallows with head held high,”

āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻŦāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ•ā§€āĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§‡ āĻ¸āĻžāĻŽāĻ°āĻŋāĻ• āĻœāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻž āĻ¤āĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ°āĻŖā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ­āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‹āĻ° āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āĻŸāĻž āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻŦāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻ™āĻžāĻ˛āĻŋ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŽā§āĻ¸āĻ˛āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨, āĻ¯āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ•ā§‡āĻŦāĻ˛ āĻāĻ•āĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻŽāĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻž āĻ‰āĻāĻšā§ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻĢāĻžāĻāĻ¸āĻŋāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻžāĻāĻŸāĻŦāĨ¤

The father of the nation remarked, the Bangalees had become the golden children of the Golden Bengal. Quoting the poet Rabindranath Tagore, who once had complained that the people of Bengal had remained mere Bangalees but yet to become true human beings.

āĻœāĻžāĻ¤āĻŋāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨āĻ• āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻŦā§āĻ¯ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨, āĻŦāĻžāĻ™āĻžāĻ˛āĻŋāĻ°āĻž āĻ¸ā§‹āĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸ā§‹āĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ¨ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤āĻ•āĻŦāĻŋ āĻ°āĻŦā§€āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āĻ°āĻ¨āĻžāĻĨ āĻ āĻžāĻ•ā§āĻ°ā§‡āĻ° āĻŦāĻ°āĻžāĻ¤ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻ¯āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻ•āĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¯ā§‹āĻ— āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻžāĻ° āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻˇ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ›āĻ• āĻŦāĻžāĻ™āĻžāĻ˛āĻŋ āĻ°āĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻ—ā§‡āĻ›ā§‡ āĻ¤āĻŦā§‡ āĻāĻ–āĻ¨āĻ“ āĻ¸āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻˇ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻ‰āĻ ā§‡āĻ¨āĻŋāĨ¤

Mujib told the jubilant crowd that the poet had been proved wrong. “Come back O poet,” he intoned dramtically “and see how your Bangalees are today transformed into worthy men.”

āĻŽā§āĻœāĻŋāĻŦ āĻ†āĻ¨āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻœāĻ¨āĻ¤āĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻŦāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ•āĻŦāĻŋ āĻ­ā§āĻ˛ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŽāĻžāĻŖāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻˇāĻ•āĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§‡ “āĻ•āĻŦāĻŋ āĻĢāĻŋāĻ°ā§‡ āĻ†āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĻā§‡āĻ–ā§āĻ¨ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ†āĻœ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻžāĻ™āĻžāĻ˛āĻŋ āĻ•ā§€āĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§‡ āĻ¯ā§‹āĻ—ā§āĻ¯ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻˇā§‡ āĻ°ā§‚āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤”

Moments later, as dusk and a winter haze settled over Dhaka, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman made his way back to his family, who had been waiting for him at the house in Dhanmondi Road 32 where they had been kept under arrest by the Pakistan Army throughout the course of the War of Liberation.

āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§āĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻ¨ āĻĒāĻ° āĻ¯āĻ–āĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ° āĻˆāĻˇā§Ž āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻ•āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻļā§€āĻ¤ā§‡āĻ° āĻšāĻžāĻ˛āĻ•āĻž āĻ•ā§ā§ŸāĻžāĻļāĻž āĻĸāĻžāĻ•āĻž āĻļāĻšāĻ°āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ›ā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡ āĻĢā§‡āĻ˛āĻ˛ā§‹, āĻ¤āĻ–āĻ¨ āĻŦāĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§ āĻļā§‡āĻ– āĻŽā§āĻœāĻŋāĻŦā§āĻ° āĻ°āĻšāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ āĻ¤āĻžāĻāĻ° āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĻ° āĻ‰āĻĻā§āĻĻā§‡āĻļā§āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ°āĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāĻ¨āĻž āĻšāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨, āĻ¯āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ¤āĻžāĻāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻŋāĻ° ā§Šā§¨ āĻ¨āĻ‚ āĻ°ā§‹āĻĄā§‡āĻ° āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸āĻžā§Ÿ āĻ…āĻĒā§‡āĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨, āĻ¯ā§‡āĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ•āĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¸ā§‡āĻ¨āĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻ¨ā§€ āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¯ā§āĻĻā§āĻ§ā§‡āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§‹ āĻ¸āĻŽā§Ÿ āĻœā§ā§œā§‡ āĻ¤āĻžāĻāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ—ā§ƒāĻšāĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§€ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ°ā§‡āĻ–ā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤

English āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž
New Word

1.Immediately

2.Captive

3.Imprison

4.Capital

5.Synonymous

6.Breathlessly

7.Grand

8.Eminent

9.Journalist

āĻ¨āĻ¤ā§āĻ¨ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ

ā§§āĨ¤ āĻ…āĻŦāĻŋāĻ˛āĻŽā§āĻŦā§‡, āĻ¤ā§ŽāĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻ¨āĻžā§Ž

ā§¨āĨ¤ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŋ

ā§ŠāĨ¤ āĻ•āĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĻā§āĻ§ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž, āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŋ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž

ā§ĒāĨ¤ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŖāĻĻāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻš, āĻ¸āĻ°ā§āĻŦā§‹āĻšā§āĻš āĻļāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ

ā§ĢāĨ¤ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻ•, āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¸āĻžāĻŽā§ŸāĻŋāĻ•

ā§ŦāĨ¤ āĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸āĻ°ā§āĻĻā§āĻ§āĻ•āĻ°āĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§‡, āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ•ā§āĻ˛āĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§‡

ā§­āĨ¤ āĻ°āĻžāĻœāĻ•ā§€ā§Ÿ

ā§ŽāĨ¤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ–ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¤, āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ–ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¤

ā§¯āĨ¤ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ‚āĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĻŋāĻ•

 

English āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž
New Word

10. Resident

11. Immense

12. Conference

13. Unbounded

14. Obligation

15. Genocide

16. Stopover

17. Mesmerize

18. Wholeheartedly

āĻ¨āĻ¤ā§āĻ¨ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ

ā§§ā§ĻāĨ¤ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻž

ā§§ā§§āĨ¤ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ­ā§‚āĻ¤, āĻ…āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ•

ā§§ā§¨āĨ¤ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻŽā§‡āĻ˛āĻ¨

ā§§ā§ŠāĨ¤ āĻ¸ā§€āĻŽāĻžāĻšā§€āĻ¨

ā§§ā§ĒāĨ¤ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ¸āĻŽā§‚āĻš

ā§§ā§ĢāĨ¤ āĻ—āĻŖāĻšāĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻž

ā§§ā§ŦāĨ¤ āĻ…āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āĻ¸āĻŽā§Ÿā§‡āĻ° āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋ

ā§§ā§­āĨ¤ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻŽā§‹āĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž

ā§§ā§ŽāĨ¤ āĻ¸āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻ¨āĻ°āĻŖā§‡, āĻ†āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻ°āĻŋāĻ•āĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§‡

 

English āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž
New Word

19. Tremendous

20. Cabinet

21. Imprisonment

22. Breakdown

23. Moist

24. Procession

25. Junta

26. Intimidate

27. Gallows

āĻ¨āĻ¤ā§āĻ¨ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ

ā§§ā§¯āĨ¤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļāĻžāĻ˛, āĻ…āĻ¸āĻžāĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖ

ā§¨ā§ĻāĨ¤ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻŋ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻˇāĻĻ

ā§¨ā§§āĨ¤ āĻ•āĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻ¸

ā§¨ā§¨āĨ¤ āĻ•ā§āĻ¨ā§āĻ¨āĻžā§Ÿ āĻ­ā§‡āĻ™ā§āĻ—ā§‡ āĻĒā§œāĻž

ā§¨ā§ŠāĨ¤ āĻ…āĻļā§āĻ°ā§āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ, āĻ†āĻĻā§āĻ°

ā§¨ā§ĒāĨ¤ āĻŽāĻŋāĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛, āĻļā§‹āĻ­āĻžāĻ¯āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻž

ā§¨ā§ĢāĨ¤ āĻ¸āĻžāĻŽāĻ°āĻŋāĻ• āĻ¸āĻ°āĻ•āĻžāĻ°

ā§¨ā§ŦāĨ¤ āĻ­ā§€āĻ¤āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž, āĻ­ā§Ÿ āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‹

ā§¨ā§­āĨ¤ āĻĢāĻžāĻ¸āĻŋāĻ•āĻžāĻ 

English āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž
New Word

28. Jubilant

29. Intone

30. Dramatically

31. Transform

32. Haze

33. Throughout

āĻ¨āĻ¤ā§āĻ¨ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ

ā§¨ā§ŽāĨ¤ āĻ‰āĻ˛ā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻ¸āĻŋāĻ¤

ā§¨ā§¯āĨ¤ āĻ§ā§€āĻ°ā§‡ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ—ā§āĻ°ā§āĻ—āĻŽā§āĻ­ā§€āĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ†āĻŦā§ƒāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĨ¤

ā§Šā§ĻāĨ¤ āĻ°ā§‚āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻ° āĻ•āĻ°āĻž

ā§Šā§§āĨ¤ āĻšāĻžāĻ˛āĻ•āĻž āĻ•ā§ā§ŸāĻžāĻļāĻž

ā§Šā§¨āĨ¤ āĻ§āĻ°ā§‡, āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻĒāĻŋā§ŸāĻž, āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§‹āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŋ

Prepared & Translated By,

Md. Rokon Uddin (Rumon)

MBA. BA Hon’s (English)

Email: rumonscb@gmail.com