Rapturous shouts of “Joy Bangla Desh” rent the Lok Sabha on December 7, 1971, when Prime Minister Indira Gandhi announced in the House that the Government had decided “to grant recognition to the Gana Prajatantri Bangla Desh”. It is our hope that with the passage of time more nations will grant recognition to the ‘Gana Prajatantri Bangla Desh’ and it …
With the formal surrender of the Pakistan army at its headquarters in Dacca, the war in the eastern sector has ended without unnecessary bloodshed, as Gen. Manekshaw suggested. At the same time, the new State of Bangla Desh has truly arrived as a “free country” as our Prime Minister crisply put it when announcing the good news to the Lok …
On December 16, 1971, Members of Parliament were anxiously waiting for news from Dacca. 80 per cent of the government jobs were filled by people from the West.” Parliament Promises Support to East Bengal The year 1971 began similarly for India and Pakistan. Following his suggestion, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, on March 31, 1971, would move a resolution in Lok …
