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DESCRIPTION:Subho Basu (McGill University)\n	\n	March 7\, 1971\, was a sunny\
 , humid afternoon in Dhaka. Generally\, people avoid coming out on the str
 eet during that time of the year. Yet millions gathered under the scorchin
 g sun that day to hear Sheikh Mujib. There was a thunderous applause when 
 he announced\, “So\, the struggle this time is a struggle for emancipation
 \; the struggle this time is a struggle for independence!” The big moment 
 had arrived in East Pakistan\, where millions wanted autonomy for East Pak
 istan but were denied such freedom by the military government of Pakistan.
  Sheikh Mujib’s speech on that day moved millions. He was eloquent but pre
 cise\, resolute in his demand but not adamant. He called for a non-violent
  struggle to restore democracy and delivered his finest political speech\,
  which remained etched in public memory. Yet this was not the end of the s
 tory.\n	\n	My presentation will address the controversy surrounding Sheikh M
 ujib in Bangladesh as a political figure. Sheikh Mujib evoked a contrastin
 g response from the people. Those who supported the Awami League political
  party considered him the ‘father of the nation’\; those who opposed him c
 onsidered him a fraud\, a dictator\, an Indian agent\, and the founder of 
 ‘fascistic political culture’ in Bangladesh. By investigating his life sto
 ry\, his rise to power\, his cowardly assassination\, and his controversia
 l legacy\, this presentation seeks to explain a critical evolution of Bang
 ladesh as a province of Pakistan in 1947 to an independent ‘nation-state’ 
 in 1971.\n	\n	Light refreshments served.\n
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LOCATION:room 116\, Peterson Hall\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 0E6\, 3460 rue
  McTavish
SUMMARY:IOWC Speaker Series: Subho Basu\, 'Quest for Golden Bengal: Cold Wa
 r Sheikh Mujib and the Making of Bangladesh'
URL:https://www.mcgill.ca/history/channels/event/iowc-speaker-series-subho-
 basu-quest-golden-bengal-cold-war-sheikh-mujib-and-making-bangladesh-36752
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