Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in his book The unfinished Memoirs wrote how as a school boy he perceived the social the poitical differences between hindus and muslims. He also wrote how he worked as a worker and councillor of the all India Muslim League. The overall effect of All India Muslim League in shaping the current geopolitical reality of the Indian Subcontinent has been enormous. However there is no detailed study of the All India Muslim League. The Present study is an humble effort to fill the gap to some extent.
The opposition's main demand which Ershad conceded immediately was that the Parliamentary Election be held first. Later this concession was rejected since the opposition's other demand that Ershad step down before holding general election was not accepted.
Why has India, the largest and the most dominant state in South Asia, not been able to lead this region to prosperity? Having inherited from the British a strong system of administration, an organised military structure, a thriving class of entrepreneurs, a proven judicial system, English as a language for an immediate international exposure in trade, business and diplomacy and an elite class of highly articulate political leaders, South Asia remains one of the poorest regions of the world.
There is no lack of evidence to show how natural resources have become curse for peripheral countries and the people. Corporate grabbing, imperial power structure and global alliance for making super profit at the cost of people and nature make people and nature in peripheral countries highly vulnerable. Bangladesh is no exception. It is already clear that because of production sharing contracts with multinational corporations, its natural gas resources have already become a source of danger and continuous leakage and corruption.
Bengali Language Movement and Creation of Bangladesh is a monumental work of 776 pages by Dr. Anwar Dil and his wife Dr. Aria Dil. It is a well-researched and objectively written book dedicated to our children and our children's children so they may understand why the Bengali Muslims took such a prominent and leading role in the creation of East and West Pakistan in 1947 and then the happenings that led first to the Bengali Language Movement and then the demise of East Pakistan and the creation of Bangladesh in 1971. The husband and wife, both of them distinguished scholars of sociolinguistics and psycholinguistics respectively and authors of acclaimed books and research papers, worked together for most of their forty years of life together since 1961 in conducting research of sources in English, Urdu, Bengali and some other languages, and published in 2000 a limited edition for scholars and libraries. It was recognized as a most comprehensive and objective record of the uniquely rich multi-ethnic and multi-religious tradition of Eastern Bengal (present-day Bangladesh) and the events from the first partition of Bengal in 1905 to the second partition in 1947 until the creation of Bangladesh in 1971 with the last part covering a review of its first thirty years as an independent nation-state. The chief merit of this landmark study is that it presents an international perspective with a balanced and judicious treatment of some of the fundamental issues in the history of Bengal in the 20th century. Because of the non-availability of the book the Adorn Publication has published this edition for national and international readers, to read and reflect on an unbiased and insightful study of our belovd nation-state.
A Group of Assassins led by a handful of officers, struck down Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and his family including his 10-year-old son, on August 15, 1975. And on 3 November 1971, four National Leaders and Heroes of Bangladesh war in 1971, Syed Nazrul Islam, Tajuddin Ahmed, M Mansur Ali and A H M Kamaruzaman Who were in Custody had been gunned down within central Jail precincts.
