Bangabandhu’s Homecoming: Shades of Memory M. Shahinoor Rahman 10th January, 2021 10:32:15 Bangabandhu’s homecoming is of the most important historical significance. 15 days after the complete liberation of Bangladesh from the grip of the Pakistani intruders on 16 December 1971, the Father of the Nation, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman returned to his native land on 10 January 1972. The day is remembered by the Bengali nation as Bangabandhu’s ‘Homecoming Day’. Many leaders across the world have different histories of returning home from abroad owing to exile, revolution etc. But Bangabandhu’s homecoming has obliterated all other events of the kind. 49 years ago, on this day, the beloved leader of the brave Bengali nation, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was released from Pakistani captivity and set foot on the war-torn ground of the independent and sovereign Bangladesh. Bangabandhu’s return to the country made the victory in the war of independence complete.
ET Politics and Nation NEWS | Powered by As the fight for political space gets brutal in West Bengal, a look at its violent past SECTIONS As the fight for political space gets brutal in West Bengal, a look at its violent pastBy Share Synopsis Last month, BJP president JP Nadda’s convoy was attacked allegedly by TMC goons. Stone-pelting and open fight followed soon after. While it made national headlines, Bengalis would have slotted it under routine pre-election skirmish. For, Bengal’s encounter with violence runs deep. It has seen worse days. ANI BJP workers burn an effigy of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee during a demonstration after BJP President J P Nadda s convoy was attacked in the state.
West Bengal’s poster wars With the BJP closing in and rebels coming up within the TMC, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee is going all out to show that she is still in the fight advertisement UPDATED: December 11, 2020 13:55 IST West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee addresses a public rally in the Bongaon area of North 24 Parganas, West Bengal, Dec. 9 (PTI) Huge TMC hoardings dot the posh locality of Alipore-Belvedere Road in Kolkata. They show a larger-than-life Mamata Banerjee, West Bengal chief minister, a moderately-sized Abhishek Banerjee, her nephew and a miniscule-by-comparison Firhad Hakim (Bobby), state urban development minister. The neighbourhood also happens to be where big corporates, top cops and favoured bureaucrats live. It is also the route of the CM’s daily commute from her humble home in Kalighat to her office in Nabanna the state secretariat in Kolkata.