Why is the 7th March Speech very significant? Why did military-undemocratic rulers ban it for 21 years?
Awami League Chief Sheikh Mujibur Rahman gave the final directions for the Liberation War through his historic speech at a huge rally on March 7 at Suhrawardy Udyan in Dhaka. Following his direction, the Bengali nation started taking control of administration from the Pakistanis and preparing for the Liberation War. Then as soon as the Pakistanis attacked the unarmed people with sophisticated weapons on the night of March 25, Bangabandhu officially declared Bangladesh as an independent state immediately (early hours of March 26). Bangabandhu conveyed the underlying message of the declaration o...