The
West Pakistan rulers were always obsessed with an idea
that East Bengal had been included in Pakistan
only as a colony, the resources of which could be utilized for the enrichment
of West Pakistan. So the people of West
Bengal (former East Pakistan) were always
denied of their due share in every field of national life. Bangabundhu Sheikh
Mujibur Rahman was the eyesore of the Pak rulers, because his politics were
based on Bangladeshi nationalism. So the ruling clique of Pakistan
could not be happy when the Awami
League of Mujib achieved a landslide victory in the first general election of
December, 1970.
Instead
of making sincere attempts to hand over power to the Awami League- it being the
majority party, the Military ruler hatched a conspiracy to crush all opposition
in Bangladesh
through armed operation. Secretly but promptly, President Yahya Khan strengthened
and equipped his army with all necessary weapons of modern warfare and placed
Tikka Khan, notorious for his cruelty, in command of the Eastern Forces.
On
the fateful night of March 25,1971
the Pak Army suddenly cracked down on the innocent people of Bangladesh.
They were determined to subdue the agitating Bangalees once for all. The brute
Army killed our literate youths like animals. They attacked the police, the E.
P .R and the Bengal regiment who vehemently resisted
them with whatever arms they had at their disposal. They also raided the
University halls and teachers quarters. The Bangabandhu , the champion of
Bangladeshi nationalism and leader of 75 million people , was arrested and
taken to West Pakistan.. The Awami League was declared
banned, and its leaders and workers who had been caught by the Pak hordes were
persecuted an ultimately killed.
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