Recounting the Memories of Bangladesh’s Liberation War: Why It Is Still Relevant

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Smruti S. Pattanaik (Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, India)

Recounting the Memories of Bangladesh’s Liberation War

Why It Is Still Relevant

Smruti S. Pattanaik (Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, India)

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English

Routledge
08 February 2024

Peace studies & conflict resolution; Military history; Armed conflict; Warfare & defence; Regional geography

This book encapsulates the creation of Bangladesh with stories of some of those who made it happen —from the perspectives of people who fought for recognition of Bangla as one of the state languages of Pakistan, those who brought the stories of war to life as it progressed through the Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendro, operations by valiant military men, sacrifices of Birangonas (women of valour) whose contribution to the liberation of Bangladesh has often been neglected, martyrs who laid down their lives for the birth of the nation, and those who worked among the freedom fighters and refugees and kept their morale high.

The emergence of Bangladesh in 1971 shaped both the nation and its narratives that revolved around partition of the subcontinent earlier in 1947. The history of Bangladesh was rewritten from the people’s perspective. The struggle of individuals and families who contributed to the liberation of Bangladesh is etched in blood and it is but natural that their perspectives would inform those interested in studying the history of liberation in a larger context. More than fifty years have passed since Bangladesh was liberated. Yet stories of individual suffering, sacrifices and contributions illustrate how people endured the repression inflicted by the Pakistan Army on them and yet fought gallantly. Three million were killed, 2 million were raped and 10 million became refugees in India. Bangladesh’s liberation war also represents the struggle of a people to preserve their culture and identity. This book captures all these and much more, bringing in reminiscences of what 1971 represented to those who contributed directly to the war of liberation.

The book will be of interest to scholars and researchers of politics and international relations, partition studies, South Asian studies and refugee and diaspora studies. The chapters in this book were originally published in Strategic Analysis.

Edited by: Smruti S. Pattanaik (Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses India)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 246mm, Width: 174mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9781032481319
ISBN 10: 1032481315
Pages: 252
Publication Date: 08 February 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Smruti S. Pattanaik is a Fellow at the Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (MP-IDSA), New Delhi, India. Her research focuses on politics in South Asia and India’s neighbourhood policy. She has conducted extensive field research on Bangladesh, focussing on the liberation war, identity politics and democracy. She has been a Visiting Fellow at the Department of International Relations at the University of Dhaka, where she spent more than a year studying Bangladesh.