It's unparalleled
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said the historic March 7 Speech of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is quite different from that of other great leaders of the world.
The speech is one of the best speeches in the world. It's quite exceptional, she said while addressing a seminar on the historic March 7 Speech in the capital.
Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Memorial Trust Fund arranged the seminar titled “Historic 7th March Speech and Bangabandhu's Political Wisdom” at Bangladesh Krishibid Institution Auditorium.
Loving people and sacrificing everything for them and enduring jail and repression, Bangabandhu in his speech had given directives for what was necessary for liberating the country, Hasina said. “It's incomparable... it's our invaluable treasure.”
Mentioning that the playing of the speech had completely been prohibited for 21 years after 1975, the prime minister said a generation heard distorted and fabricated history during the period.
The speech was a full guideline for the Liberation War, and freedom fighters drew inspiration by listening to it during the nine months of war, she said.
About the recognition of the March 7 Speech as a world documentary heritage by Unesco, Hasina said, “So, it's not only a model for us, but also for all the countries. It's a source of inspiration for all people who are struggling for freedom.”
On October 30 last, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) recognised the Bangabandhu's historic March 7 Speech as a world documentary heritage.
Bangabandhu delivered the landmark speech in a mammoth gathering at Race Course Maidan (presently Suhrawardy Udyan) in Dhaka on March 7, 1971. The fiery speech called on the freedom-loving Bangalees to wage a decisive struggle against the Pakistani oppressors.
The speech set the tone for the Liberation War that would officially begin later that month on March 26.
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