Why Bangladesh is revisiting the 1971 Liberation War in textbooks
The legacies of Mujib and Ziaur Rahman, and the question of who proclaimed the independence of Bangladesh, have been a subject of debate and dispute.
The Indian Express6d
Explained: Why Bangladesh is rewriting textbooks on 1971 Liberation War
In fact, one of the defining images from August 5 ... by Awami League member M A Hannan in Bengali in the afternoon of March 26, 1971. Ziaur Rahman, then a mutinying major in the Pakistan Army, read ...
India TV6d
Bangladesh rewrites history: New textbooks claim Ziaur Rahman, not Mujibur Rahman, declared independence
Image Source : AP Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's painting damaged by protestors in Bangladesh Dhaka: Bangladesh has introduced new textbooks that state that Ziaur Rahman declared the country’s ...
The Hindu6d
New textbooks in Bangladesh credit Ziaur Rahman for declaration of independence: media report
Bangladesh has introduced new textbooks that state that Ziaur Rahman declared the country’s independence in 1971, replacing the previous ones crediting founding father Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur ...
NDTV6d
New Bangladesh Textbooks Say Ziaur Rehman Declared Independence, Not Mujib
Bangladesh has introduced new textbooks stating that Ziaur Rahman declared the country's independence in 1971, replacing the previous ones crediting founding father Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur ...
India TV6d
Sambhal: SP MP Ziaur Rahman Barq issued third notice over unapproved construction
Samajwadi Party (SP) Member of Parliament (MP) Ziaur Rahman Barq is facing growing legal and administrative challenges, as the district authorities have issued a third and final notice regarding ...
Indiatimes5d
Sambhal violence: HC stays arrest of SP MP Ziaur Rahman Barq, refuses to quash FIR
The Allahabad high court has stayed the arrest of SP MP Ziaur Rahman Barq, implicated in the violence during a survey of Shahi Jama Masjid in Sambhal, UP. The court has allowed the investigation ...
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Mujib didn't declare freedom: Bangladesh changes textbooks
The textbooks also removed the title 'Father of the Nation' for Mujibur Rahman. IMAGE: Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Photograph: Andrew Biraj/Reuters Bangladesh has introduced new textbooks ...
The Hindu5d
Sambhal violence: Allahabad HC stays arrest of SP MP Ziaur Rahman Barq
The Allahabad High Court on Friday (January 3, 2025) stayed the arrest of Samajwadi Party MP Ziaur Rahman Barq in connection with violence that broke in Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal during a survey ...
The Express Tribune6d
Zia replaces Mujib as Bangladesh founder in revised curriculum
Bangladesh’s interim government has revised the national curriculum, replacing Sheikh Mujibur Rahman with General Ziaur Rahman as the nation’s founding figure. The move, it says, aims to ...
Indiatimes5d
When Mujibur Rahman nailed Pakistan’s lie and thanked Indira
However, recent revisions in Bangladeshi textbooks have sparked controversy by attributing the declaration of independence to Ziaur Rahman, the late husband of former Bangladesh Prime Minister ...