Bangabandhu and Bangladesh: analysing contemporary society and politics

After a rule of two hundred years, the British proclaimed independence of the Indian sub-continent by dividing it into two major countries, namely India and Pakistan in the year 1947. Pakistan comprised of two different regions, namely West Pakistan and East Pakistan (present-day Bangladesh), which...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Karim, A.H.M Zehadul
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Shrabon Prokashoni 2016
Subjects:
Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/53247/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/53247/13/53247_Bangabandhu%20and%20Bangladesh.pdf
id iium-53247
recordtype eprints
spelling iium-532472017-10-22T07:51:41Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/53247/ Bangabandhu and Bangladesh: analysing contemporary society and politics Karim, A.H.M Zehadul H10 Societies H71 General works After a rule of two hundred years, the British proclaimed independence of the Indian sub-continent by dividing it into two major countries, namely India and Pakistan in the year 1947. Pakistan comprised of two different regions, namely West Pakistan and East Pakistan (present-day Bangladesh), which remained geographically disjointed from each other with a distance of two thousand miles across the Indian Territory. Since its inception, the union of Bangladesh with Pakistan has been very unhappy and volatile from the socio-economic, political and lingua-cultural perspectives where the people of Bangladesh are often treated as colonial segmentation of Pakistan. After being freed from the British rule, Bangladesh has now fallen into another kind of colonial rule of Pakistan where they exploit the people of Bangladesh in terms of their political rights and economic shares. Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, an internationally reputed national hero of Bangladesh who also incidentally fought for the independence of Pakistan during British colonization, soon realised after independence that it would be difficult to stay amicable with the Pakistanis which was expected before the independence. With such realization, at the initial stage, he raised the issue of the rights of the Bangladesh people which was turned down by the military rulers of Pakistan who imprisoned Bangabandhu several times to detract the movement and humiliate the nation. Under this circumstance, Bangabandhu Shaikh Mujibur Rahman then united the people of the country step by step to fight for the independence of Bangladesh which culminated finally in December 1971. Prior to that, within the constitutional framework of Pakistan, Shaikh Mujibur Rahman and his political party, Awami League had gained an overwhelming majority in the parliament to form a government which was unlawfully disallowed by the Pakistan Army. Rather they suddenly with a military crackdown in March 1971 had mercilessly killed millions of people of the land. Bangladesh was founded after the war broke out for ten months and the country was finally liberated in December 1971 under the leadership of Bangabandhu. Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman accomplished such amazing feats and visions that many leaders of the world could not have even dream of. He was a legendary personality who taught his people to live with dignity and honour. With a proportionately tall-statured physique, Bangabandhu possessed a thunderous God-gifted voice, having an extraordinary oratory capacity with indomitable spirit, bravery and self-confidence which were beyond many people. It is no wonder that he was called the poet of politics. This book incorporates a number of articles written by the author himself relating to the independence of Bangladesh and thus analysed the contribution of Banagbandhu Shaikh Mujibur Rahman with a special focus on his life and struggle. The book additionally includes a few articles relating to the contemporary issues of Bangladesh. Shrabon Prokashoni 2016-02 Book PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/53247/13/53247_Bangabandhu%20and%20Bangladesh.pdf Karim, A.H.M Zehadul (2016) Bangabandhu and Bangladesh: analysing contemporary society and politics. Shrabon Prokashoni, Dhaka, Bangladesh. ISBN 978-984-92016-7-0
repository_type Digital Repository
institution_category Local University
institution International Islamic University Malaysia
building IIUM Repository
collection Online Access
language English
topic H10 Societies
H71 General works
spellingShingle H10 Societies
H71 General works
Karim, A.H.M Zehadul
Bangabandhu and Bangladesh: analysing contemporary society and politics
description After a rule of two hundred years, the British proclaimed independence of the Indian sub-continent by dividing it into two major countries, namely India and Pakistan in the year 1947. Pakistan comprised of two different regions, namely West Pakistan and East Pakistan (present-day Bangladesh), which remained geographically disjointed from each other with a distance of two thousand miles across the Indian Territory. Since its inception, the union of Bangladesh with Pakistan has been very unhappy and volatile from the socio-economic, political and lingua-cultural perspectives where the people of Bangladesh are often treated as colonial segmentation of Pakistan. After being freed from the British rule, Bangladesh has now fallen into another kind of colonial rule of Pakistan where they exploit the people of Bangladesh in terms of their political rights and economic shares. Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, an internationally reputed national hero of Bangladesh who also incidentally fought for the independence of Pakistan during British colonization, soon realised after independence that it would be difficult to stay amicable with the Pakistanis which was expected before the independence. With such realization, at the initial stage, he raised the issue of the rights of the Bangladesh people which was turned down by the military rulers of Pakistan who imprisoned Bangabandhu several times to detract the movement and humiliate the nation. Under this circumstance, Bangabandhu Shaikh Mujibur Rahman then united the people of the country step by step to fight for the independence of Bangladesh which culminated finally in December 1971. Prior to that, within the constitutional framework of Pakistan, Shaikh Mujibur Rahman and his political party, Awami League had gained an overwhelming majority in the parliament to form a government which was unlawfully disallowed by the Pakistan Army. Rather they suddenly with a military crackdown in March 1971 had mercilessly killed millions of people of the land. Bangladesh was founded after the war broke out for ten months and the country was finally liberated in December 1971 under the leadership of Bangabandhu. Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman accomplished such amazing feats and visions that many leaders of the world could not have even dream of. He was a legendary personality who taught his people to live with dignity and honour. With a proportionately tall-statured physique, Bangabandhu possessed a thunderous God-gifted voice, having an extraordinary oratory capacity with indomitable spirit, bravery and self-confidence which were beyond many people. It is no wonder that he was called the poet of politics. This book incorporates a number of articles written by the author himself relating to the independence of Bangladesh and thus analysed the contribution of Banagbandhu Shaikh Mujibur Rahman with a special focus on his life and struggle. The book additionally includes a few articles relating to the contemporary issues of Bangladesh.
format Book
author Karim, A.H.M Zehadul
author_facet Karim, A.H.M Zehadul
author_sort Karim, A.H.M Zehadul
title Bangabandhu and Bangladesh: analysing contemporary society and politics
title_short Bangabandhu and Bangladesh: analysing contemporary society and politics
title_full Bangabandhu and Bangladesh: analysing contemporary society and politics
title_fullStr Bangabandhu and Bangladesh: analysing contemporary society and politics
title_full_unstemmed Bangabandhu and Bangladesh: analysing contemporary society and politics
title_sort bangabandhu and bangladesh: analysing contemporary society and politics
publisher Shrabon Prokashoni
publishDate 2016
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/53247/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/53247/13/53247_Bangabandhu%20and%20Bangladesh.pdf
first_indexed 2023-09-18T21:15:23Z
last_indexed 2023-09-18T21:15:23Z
_version_ 1777411527765131264