Earlier this month on 5th August, as the violent protesters ousted democratically elected Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and forced her to take refugee in India for her safety, the Press Club of India reportedly removed the portrait of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, popularly known as ‘Bangabandhu’ – father of Bangladesh. It is pertinent to note that violent protesters had targeted and …
In honour of Bangladesh's founding father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the country's Liberation War as well as India's diplomatic ties with Dhaka. Rahman is popularly called 'Bangabandhu' by the people of Bangladesh, Delhi University's Indian Council for Cultural Relations will establish the 'Bangabandhu Chair' Dinesh K Patnaik, Director General, ICCR and PC Joshi, acting …
In June 1971, a young Member of Parliament stood up to initiate a discussion, calling for the Government of India to accord diplomatic recognition to the Bangladesh government-in exile based in the Bangladeshi town of Mujibnagar that functioned as the provisional government, while its leader, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, was in a Karachi prison. Mukherjee was invited to contribute to the …
