The day Rajshahi was freed | The Daily Star
Rajshahi was freed on this day, two days after the countrys victory in its Liberation War. Geias Uddin Ahmed Chowdhury Bir Bikrom, then army captain and commander of sub-sector-4 under sector-7, declared Rajshahis freedom from the Pakistani occupation forces, hoisting the flag of independent Bangladesh at Madrassa Maidan in the afternoon of December 18, 1971, said wartime journalist Ahmed Shafi Uddin in Rajshahi. Ahmed Shafi Uddin was the Chief Reporter of Weekly Sonar Desh at that time. Pakist...
Bangladesh General Northern Areas Shafiqur Rahman Raja Uttara Gonobhaban Shankar Govinda Chowdhury Ataur Rahman
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