Martyred Intellectuals Day: Indian Air Force remembers 'dramatic end' to Liberation War

Indian Air Force remembered ‘dramatic’ end to war in East in 1971 on December 14, observed as Martyred Intellectuals Day in Bangladesh. day is marked every year to commemorate death of intellectuals in Bangladesh who lost ir lives to Pakistani forces and ir collaborators during Liberation War 1971, particularly between March 25 and December 14, 49 years ago. In a Twitter post, Indian Air Force shared ims from time and informed that MiGs, as well as Hunters, struck Government House in Dhaka and disrupted a meeting that was being chaired by Goverr, East Pakistan, who resigned n and re. 

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Bangladeshi intellectuals brutally killed

On this day in 1971, Bangladesh’s well-kwn academicians, doctors, engineers, journalists, artists, teachers along with or rewned personalities were t only dragged out of ir homes but were reportedly blindfolded to take to unkwn places followed by torture and murder. As per UNB report, bodies all intellectuals were later dumped at Rayerbazar, Mirpur and some or fields in capital. 

Pakistani forces and its collaborators had sensed ir imminent defeat in 1971 and thus committed mass murders that reportedly aimed to annihilate Bangladeshi intelligence and cripple it intellectually. Since n, to commemorate tragic deaths, Bangladeshi government has chalked out a range of programs for December 14 trdy.

On December 13, Bangladesh President Md Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina paid ir deep respects and tributes to ‘best sons’ of nation. In a separate mess on eve of day, both Bangladesh President and PM called for nation to unite and being imbued with ideology of intellectuals that lost ir lives along with spirit of Liberation War to build a n-communal “Sonar Bangla”. 

Hamid also ted, in his mess that intellectuals are main conscience of nation and y had played a significant role with writing and spirit to mobilise public opinion in favour of Liberation War. However, Bangladeshi PM added that it was ‘unfortunate’ that occupation forces and its local collaborators had brutally killed intellectuals and or litterateurs just on eve of victory. 

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