Bengali Genocide Remembrance Day
| Genocide Remembrance Day গণহত্যা স্মরণ দিবস | |
|---|---|
| File:জাতীয় স্মৃতি সৌধ - The National Martyrs' Monument of Bangladesh.jpg | |
| Observed by |
File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladeshi diaspora |
| Type | National |
| Significance | Commemoration of the Bengali Genocide |
| Date | 25 March |
| Next time | 25 March 2025 |
| Frequency | annual |
Bengali Genocide Remembrance Day (Bengali: Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Lang/ISO 639 synonyms' not found. Bāṅgāli Gaṇahatyā Smaraṇ Dibas or Bangladesh Genocide Memorial Day is a national day to be observed on 25 March in Bangladesh to commemorate the victims of the Bengali Genocide of 1971.[1][2][3]
History[edit]
Lua error in Module:Hatnote_list at line 44: attempt to call field 'formatPages' (a nil value).
The date 25 March commemorates the Operation Searchlight, a planned military pacification carried out by the Pakistan Army – codenamed Operation Searchlight – started on 25 March to curb the Bengali independence movement by taking control of the major cities on 26 March, and then eliminating all opposition, political or military,[4] within one month. Before the beginning of the operation, all foreign journalists were systematically deported from East Pakistan.[5][6]
On 11 March 2017, the Parliament of Bangladesh unanimously passed Resolution designating 25 March as a Genocide Remembrance Day.[7][8]
Human Rights Council of the United Nations High Commission for Human Rights at Geneva the president of Bangladesh Press Club of Alberta and Muktijoddha Sangsad, Canada, executive Delwar Jahid[9] appealed and demanded recognition and observing the 25th of March as genocide day internationally. The Bangladesh National Observance designated in 2017 to be marked 25 March every year as Genocide Day.[10][11] The day honours and remembers those who suffered and died as a consequence of killings by the Pakistani Army in March 25, 1971, which started with Operation Searchlight and ended with the 1971 Bangladesh Genocide and the Independence of Bangladesh.[12][13][14][15] "Bangladesh will reach out to UN seeking recognition of 1971 genocide while the government declared March 25 as genocide day", according to Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Huq.[16]
See also[edit]
- Martyred Intellectuals Day
- Language Movement Day
- Independence Day (Bangladesh)
- Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day
References[edit]
<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />
- ↑ "PM slams Pakistan for propaganda about '71 genocide" [archive]. The Daily Star. 2017-02-20. Retrieved 2017-03-22.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ Sun, The Daily. "Declare March 25 as Genocide Day" [archive]. Declare March 25 as Genocide Day | daily-sun.com. Retrieved 2017-03-22.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ ntv.com. "Bangladesh declares March 25 as Genocide Day" [archive]. NTV Online. Retrieved 2017-03-22.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ Salik, Siddiq, Witness To Surrender, pp 63, 228–9 ISBN 984-05-1373-7
- ↑ From Deterrence and Coercive Diplomacy to War – The 1971 Crisis in South Asia. Asif Siddiqui, Journal of International and Area Studies Vol.4 No.1, 1997. 12. pp 73–92.
- ↑ "JS may be moved to mark March 25 as Genocide Day" [archive]. The Daily Sun. Retrieved 2017-03-22.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Parliament passes motion to mark March 25 as Genocide Day" [archive]. The Daily Star. 2017-03-11. Retrieved 2017-03-22.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Parliament declares March 25 Genocide Day | Dhaka Tribune" [archive]. Dhaka Tribune. 2017-03-11. Retrieved 2017-03-22.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delwar_Jahid [archive]
- ↑ Johny, Stanly. "Remembering 1971" [archive]. The Hindu. Retrieved 2017-03-24.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Secular voices for UN's Genocide Day recognition | Dhaka Tribune" [archive]. Dhaka Tribune. 2017-03-25. Retrieved 2017-03-24.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Jatiya Sangsad declares March 25 as "Gonohotya Dibosh" | Weekly Bangla Mirror" [archive]. www.banglamirrornews.com. Retrieved 2017-03-22.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Parliament declares March 25 as "Gonohotya Dibosh"" [archive]. Retrieved 2017-03-22.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "14-party alliance to observe March 25 as 'Genocide Day' | Nirapad News" [archive]. www.nirapadnews.com. Retrieved 2017-03-22.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "News Details" [archive]. www.bssnews.net. Retrieved 2017-03-22.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ http://www.bssnews.net/newsDetails.php?cat=0&id=651764&date=2017-03-23 [archive]
