Historic March 7 today

The 50th anniversary of the epoch-making speech delivered by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at
Suhrawardy Udyan in Dhaka on March 7, 1971 will be celebrated today.
The 50th anniversary of the epoch-making যুগান্তকারী ভাষণের 50 তম বার্ষিকী।
speech
The day will be observed nationally for the first time as the government declared March 7 as
a ‘National Historic Day’ on July 13, 2020.
The day will be observed nationally for the 13 জুলাই, ২০২০ সালে সরকার 7 ই মার্চ কে ‘জাতীয়
first time as the government declared March ঐতিহাসিক দিবস’ হিসাবে ঘোষণা করায় দিবসটি
7 as a ‘National Historic Day’ on July 13, প্রথমবারের মতো জাতীয়ভাবে পালন করা হবে।
2020.
In his historic address, The struggle this time is for our emancipation, the struggle this time is
for independence.
He made the clarion call to turn every home তিনি প্রতিপক্ষকে পাকিস্তানি সেনাবাহিনীর বিরুদ্ধে
into a fortress of resistance against the ঘরে ঘরে প্রতিরোধের দুর্গে গড়ে তোলার আহ্বান
Pakistani army. জানিয়েছিলেন

Bengalis reacted with unprecedented rage after the then Pakistani military ruler Yahya Khan
postponed the National Assembly session scheduled for March 1, 1971.

Stunned by the treachery, Sheikh Mujib immediately launched an unprecedented non-cooperation

movement dealing a crippling blow to the military rulers.
Non-cooperation movement অসহযোগ আন্দোলন
The historic address ঐতিহাসিক ভাষণ
Edict অনুশাসন
Retaliate পাল্টা জবাব/পাল্টা আক্রমণ
Crackdown কঠোর ব্যবস্থা
And on March 7, 1971, he at Suhrawardy Udyan, the then Race Course, gave the historic
address which inspired the nation to fight for independence.

The address reduced the governmental authorities in the then East Pakistan to useless
showpieces as everything ran according to Mujib’s day-to-day edicts.

This continued until the military junta retaliated with the crackdown and the accompanying
brutalities against the unarmed Bengalis on the fateful midnight of March 25, 1971 and the
rest is history.
This continued until the military junta একাত্তরের ২৫ শে মার্চ দুর্ঘটনার মধ্যরাতে সামরিক
retaliated with the crackdown and the জান্তা নিরস্ত্র বাঙালির বিরুদ্ধে ক্র্যাকডাউন ও তার
accompanying brutalities against the unarmed সাথে বর্বরতার পাল্টা জবাব দেওয়া অবধি অব্যাহত
Bengalis on the fateful midnight of March 25, ছিল এবং বাকী ইতিহাস
1971 and the rest is history.

The historic March 7 speech of Mujib has been included in the memory of the World
International Register, a list of world’s important documentary heritage maintained by
UNESCO.
Bangabandhu called for a peaceful, non-cooperation movement to continue the struggle for
independence and the emancipation of the Bengalis.
 He issued several directives for a civil disobedience movement
People should not pay taxes; government servants should take orders only from him; the
secretariat, government and semi-government offices and courts in East Pakistan should
observe strikes; with necessary exemptions announced from time to time, only local and
inter-district telephone lines should function; railways and ports could continue to function,
but their workers should not co-operate if they were used to repress the people of East
Pakistan.

In his speech, Bangabandhu refuted Yahya's charge [Yahya's 6th March speech] that the
Awami League was primarily responsible for the present situation. He said that he had placed
a call to Yahya the previous week urging him to visit East Pakistan to see personally how
military bullets were killing Benglaee civilians.
Bangabandhu laid down his terms for ইয়াহিয়া আগের দিন ডাকা ২৫ শে মার্চে র জাতীয়
attending the National Assembly session সংসদ অধিবেশনে অংশ নেওয়ার জন্য বঙ্গবন্ধু শর্ত
which Yahya had on the previous day called শিথিল করেছিলেন।
for March 25

বঙ্গবন্ধু শর্ত
Withdrawal of army to barracks; an end to martial law; and the transfer of power to the
people. He also demanded an inquiry into the army killings and an end to the reinforcement
of the army in East Pakistan. East Pakistan police intelligence estimated that there were 12
lakh people present in the public meeting.
The historic 7th March speech is now included in Unesco's Memory of the World Register as
a documentary heritage.

National dailies will bring out special supplements marking the day while Bangladesh Betar
and Bangladesh Television as well as private television channels and radio stations will air
special programmes.