It’s our duty to inspire youths with spirit of Liberation War
Eminent jurist Dr Kamal Hossain yesterday called upon the freedom fighters (FFs) to inspire people, especially younger generation, with the spirit of Liberation War for building a nation free from all sorts of exploitation.
People embraced martyrdom in the Liberation War for building such a nation but their dream is yet to be materialised, he said. "Let us now inspire people with the spirit of the war and remove any obstacles to making the martyrs' dream a reality.”
Dr Kamal was speaking at the publication ceremony of a book titled 'Swadhinata Sangrame Rangunia (1711-1971) -- Ekatturer Smriti' at the Liberation War Museum in the capital.
Unveiling the cover of the book, authored by freedom fighter Saleh Ahmed, Dr Kamal said the country achieved independence with its people making immense sacrifices for it. "It is our, particularly freedom fighters' duty, to let the younger generation know the history of independence. They do not know this history,” he observed.
Dr Kamal, also President of Gono Forum, said, “It will be a tragedy for the freedom fighters who are still alive if we fail to materialise the ideals and objectives for which we fought.”
Presiding over the function, Prof Anwar Hossain of history department of Dhaka University said, it is often said the history of Liberation War has been distorted but the fact is 'we are yet to get the history'.
"It is not history, rather information on the Liberation War, was distorted," he noted.
Mofidul Haque, trustee of the Liberation War Museum, said it is not possible for a single individual or a book to project the history.
Freedom fighter Mostafa Mohsin Montu said the FFs should write about where and why they had fought so that a complete picture of the Liberation War can be known.
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