Memory of the World
The Historic 7th March Speech of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
The Historic 7th March Speech of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was delivered by Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on 7th March 1971 who led the people of Bangladesh to independence in 1971 At that time when the Pakistani military rulers refused to transfer power to the Bengali nationalist leader Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman whose party Awami League gained majority in the National Assembly of Pakistan in the general election held in 1970 The speech effectively declared the independence of Bangladesh The speech constitutes a faithful documentation of how the failure of postcolonial nationstates to develop inclusive democratic society alienates their population belonging to different ethnic cultural linguistic or religious groups The speech was extempore and there was no written script However the speech survived in the audio as well as AV versions
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