Lecture 19:
Theme:
The People’s War: Participation of Students,
Women, Common People,
Genocides of Common People,
Planned Cleansing of Minorities,
Rapes and Atrocities against Women,
Mass Exodus of People to India,
Intrigues and Indifference of Pakistani
Political leaders and Cruelties and
Conspiracy of Pakistani Military Leaders
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Participation of the People:
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Initially resistance was scattered and spontaneous
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Gradually trained defensive guerrilla action
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Creation of Regular and Irregular forces
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Gradually shifted to planned offensive operations
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More and more common people participated in the war
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They belonged to different classes, ages, professions,
education levels, etc
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Refugees stream across the River Ganges Delta at Kushtia
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Refugees entered India from different directions of
occupied Bangladesh
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The People’s War
About 1 crore refugees fled and took shelter in India
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A Refuge woman
with her child
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A Refuge family in Meherpur on 22 April 1971
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Refugees being transported to the camps from the border areas
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Life in Refugee camps
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Participation of the People:
The Common People included
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Students
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Farmers
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Labourers
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Youths belonging to different layers
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Women
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Media (personeel)
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Freedom fighters taking training
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The Muktibahini in action
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Freedom fighters going to action
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Peoples from all walks of life in the War
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Muktijoddhas in operation
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Muktijoddhas in operation
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Muktijoddhas in
operation
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At 13 Shahidul Islam Lalu was the youngest freedom fighter; he received the
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‘Bir Pratik’ title with a heroic contribution to the liberation war
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Teenagers at war
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Some of the youngest freedom fighters
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Women on the eve of the Liberation War
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Women brigade in March 1971
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The woman Muktijoddha
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Bangladesh Air Force in 1971
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Mujibnagar
Government
even had a Post
Office
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Lecture 19
The People’s War
THANK YOU
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