commander-in-chief of the Mukti Bahini MAG Osmani, freedom fighters celebrating after the war, people holding the Bangladesh flag, the Seven Birshresthos, and the surrender of the Pakistani army.

Then a more determined ‘Joy Bangla’. The Mukti Bahini had taken over the streets. The tin shack was almost hidden behind a bush. A thick canopy of mango and coconut trees kept it under a ...

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Elsewhere, groups of barefoot young men in lungis—sometimes claiming to have been Mukti Bahini freedom fighters—ambled through rural markets, helping themselves to eggs, fish, vegetables and cash.

Against this backdrop, India decided to become the first country to recognise the military regime led by Ne Win and to, later on, covertly support Mukti Bahini towards the independence of Bangladesh.

Operation Searchlight aimed to crush the Bengali spirit, but instead, it sparked a strong resistance. The Mukti Bahini — Bengali freedom fighters — rose from the bloodshed, using their courage as ...

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