🔥 Although the Victory Day of Bangladesh is considered on December 16, 1971, Bangladesh was essentially freed from the enemy on December 21, 1971!
The Pakistan Instrument of Surrender was a written agreement between India, Pakistan, and the Provisional Government of Bangladesh that stipulated the surrender of 93,000 West Pakistani troops under the Eastern Command of the Armed Forces on 16 December 1971, leading to the 1971 Bangladesh War of Independence (thenEast Pakistan) and the Indo-Pakistani War ended with the establishment of the state of Bangladesh.
Lt. Gen. Jagjit Singh Arora on behalf of the joint forces and Lt. Gen. Niazi on behalf of Pakistan signed the surrender document at Dhaka's Race Course Maidan. Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Bangladesh Liberation Army and Deputy Chief of Staff Group Captain Abdul Karim Khondkar attended the surrender ceremony. HoweverGeneral Osmani, the commander-in-chief of the liberation war, was not present.
According to many, General Osmani was absent from the surrender ceremony due to the Indian government's obstruction. But at the end of nine months of bloody war, when the defeated Pakistan Army surrendered at the racecourse ground on the afternoon of December 16, it was a huge achievement that he was not present at that historic moment.Mystery!
During the Liberation War, the office of the Prime Minister of Bangladesh Government in Expatriate Tajuddin Ahmed was at 8th Theater Road in Kolkata. Bangladesh Army Chief General Osmani also sat in the same office. The Eastern Command of the Indian Army was headquartered at Ford William. The head of the Eastern Command sat there. General Arora. There was a liaison officer to exchange information between the two forces.That intelligence officer named Colonel P. Das also used to sit in the office of the Bangladesh government on Theater Road. Colonel Das would inform Prime Minister Tajuddin of any decision of Ford William. Later, the Prime Minister informed Osmani.
This is how the decisions of the Indian side came to the commander-in-chief of the liberation war. He agreed with many decisions of the expatriate Bangladesh government and India, a country that supported the liberation warcould not
Whenever he felt that it was against the liberation war and the interests of Bangladesh, he immediately opposed it. He had a lot of misunderstandings with the Prime Minister. Even from some sector commanders of the Bangladesh Army to Indian Army officers, they used to criticize Osmani behind the scenes.
He questioned his skills and competence in conducting the war. India because of Osmani's individualistic attitudeSome of the government's policy makers were unhappy with him. Later, these information also appeared in the writings of the responsible persons of the wartime government and foreign writers.
In November, the issue of forming a joint leadership of Bangladesh and Indian forces came to the fore. But General Osmani directly opposed the formation of joint leadership. According to Captain AK Khandkar, Deputy Chief Group of the Bangladesh Army in the War of Liberation,The issue of forming a joint military leadership was first raised at the political level by Prime Minister Tajuddin. He entrusted this matter to Colonel Osmani. He strongly opposed this joint leadership formation.
Osmani did not want India-Bangladesh to have a joint military leadership. His attitude was, we will carry out our military activities, there will be no joint leadership of Indian forces with Mukti Bahini. At the end of the war, the situation worsenedThe decision to form this joint military leadership was taken at the political level. This time Colonel Osmani resigned. Earlier he resigned several times orally.
After verbally resigning at this final and critical stage of the war, Osmani Sahib was asked by Tajuddin Ahmed to resign in writing. He did not give written resignation then. From then on, he was passive and showed no enthusiasm for anything.'
HoweverWould he have been voluntarily inactive? Or was he forced? There are various commentaries on this. At one stage of the war, Osmani was closely guarded, cut off from all duties, and not even allowed to enter the battlefield.
This situation was embarrassing and humiliating for Osmani. Still, he strongly protested against many decisions of the Indian and expatriate Bangladesh government.There are also examples. Freedom fighter Dr. Zafrullah Chowdhury went to Lucknow to see Sector Commander Khaled Musharraf undergoing treatment. He met Abdus Samad Azad on the plane on his way back to Calcutta. He was returning from Delhi to Calcutta.
Abdus Samad Azad asked Zafrullah to keep the fact of their meeting a secret. Zafrullah is suspicious of this. He wants to know from Samad Azad - 'What did he do in Delhi? no contractWhat happened?' After that, Zafrullah told everything to Osmani after ignoring the prohibition of Samad Azad and returning to Calcutta. Osmani was angry after hearing this. What happened next, in Zafrullah's words - "Osmani Sahib entered Prime Minister Tajuddin Sahib's house and spoke loudly, Tajuddin Sahib tried to calm Osmani, I could not hear what he said in a low voice." I'm out the doorI was.''
He did not explain clearly what Zafarullah told General Osmani back in Calcutta. However, it is believed that the reason for Osmani's anger on Tajuddin that day was the seven-point agreement executed between the two countries, which was secret. Although 2/4 of the top government officials were aware of the agreement during the war, most of the Bangladeshis living in India were unaware of the agreement.
In October 1971 with the Government of IndiaThe Bangladesh government in exile entered into a seven-point secret compromise agreement on administrative, military, commercial, foreign and defense matters (Source: National Politics: 1945 to 1975 - Ali Ahad).
It was probably because of this seven-point agreement that General Osmani accused Prime Minister Tajuddin of 'selling the country' and got angry that day. The similarity can be found in Zafrullah Chowdhury's description, "After a few days between the twoThe debate is about an Indian proposal. When the country becomes independent in December, several Bengali administrative and police officers will be stationed in all major cities of Bangladesh for a fixed period to establish law and order.
Osmani sahib said, 'It cannot be, we have many Bengali officers. Some are stranded in Pakistan. They will definitely come back. Osmani Saheb and the expatriate Bangladesh government ministers have a difference of opinionKnowing this, the Indians became more cautious. They kept Osmani Sahib under close watch. Although there was a joint command on paper, in reality they left Osmani Sahib alone.
Indians began to control all commands. The relationship of the Indian authorities with Osmani Sahib deteriorated rapidly. Perhaps due to the deterioration of this relationship, the Indian government kept MAG Osmani out of a chapter of history that day.
Later on December 16 PakAfter the surrender of the invading forces, Indian troops looted the country till 22 December. Indian military rule continues in the territory of Bangladesh. On the other hand, the war is still going on in Natore, one of the districts of Bangladesh.
NATO's enemy was liberated on December 21, which is now also known as NATO Liberation Day. Now the question is, how can it be called a final victory while the Indian rule is going on after the Pakistani rule? Entire Bangladesh is not free from enemiesWhat happens until the final victory?
Bangladesh has to carry that 6 days of Indian rule until now. It has even been claimed many times that India has brought us victory, which is a gross insult to our liberation war and a final blow to the sovereignty of Bangladesh.
There is only one reason to say so much, the war at Natore continued till the 21st with the Pakistanis. But, the Indian looting continued till the 22nd.
What is Victory Day of Bangladesh?Really December 16, or December 22? It is your responsibility to determine!
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