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Bangabandhu’s Homecoming Day

‘We don’t know defeat’

At first, I remember the students, the labourers, the peasants, the intellectuals, the soldiers, the police, the people, the Hindus and the Muslims of my Bangladesh who were killed. I, wishing for their souls and paying tribute to them, would like to say a few words to you.

Bangabandhu’s Homecoming Day

A journey from darkness to light

On 28 December he [jail superintendent] came to me and said that I should pack up as he had received an order that I was to ‘shift to new location’. My immediate reaction was one of joy, at the prospect of leaving the jail after nearly nine months of solitary confinement.

Bangabandhu’s Homecoming Day

Bangabandhu arrives in Delhi …

January 1, 1972. An emergency meeting of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, chaired by the Foreign Minister, was held that evening at my Dhanmondi residence.

Bangabandhu’s Homecoming Day

Bangabandhu meets Heath

Bangabandhu’s Homecoming Day

Bangabandhu’s speech at Delhi Airport

January 10, 2020
January 10, 2020
Bangabandhu’s Homecoming Day

Bangabandhu’s speech at Delhi Airport

Bangabandhu’s speech at Delhi Airport

January 10, 2020
January 10, 2020
Bangabandhu’s Homecoming Day

Bangabandhu meets Heath

“I have given much thought since we met in Bermuda to our policies in the Indian sub-continent in the new situation which has been created there. In this connection it was of particular interest to me to have an hour’s talk with Sheikh Mujibur Rahman when he came through London.

January 10, 2020
January 10, 2020
Bangabandhu’s Homecoming Day

Bangabandhu arrives in Delhi …

January 1, 1972. An emergency meeting of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, chaired by the Foreign Minister, was held that evening at my Dhanmondi residence.

January 10, 2020
January 10, 2020
Bangabandhu’s Homecoming Day

A journey from darkness to light

On 28 December he [jail superintendent] came to me and said that I should pack up as he had received an order that I was to ‘shift to new location’. My immediate reaction was one of joy, at the prospect of leaving the jail after nearly nine months of solitary confinement.

January 10, 2020
January 10, 2020
Bangabandhu’s Homecoming Day

‘We don’t know defeat’

At first, I remember the students, the labourers, the peasants, the intellectuals, the soldiers, the police, the people, the Hindus and the Muslims of my Bangladesh who were killed. I, wishing for their souls and paying tribute to them, would like to say a few words to you.