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[ALOCHONA] India secretly hands over Tipai project to state-owned entity



India secretly hands over Tipai project to state-owned entity
 
Moinuddin Naser in New York
 
Just prior to the visit of the Bangladesh parliamentary team to India to discuss the Tipaimukh dam issue, India's state-owned hydro-electric entity National Hydel Power Company (NHPC) completed a deal on takeover of the 1,500 mw Tipaimukh hydel project involving Rs 9,000 crore in Manipur from the North Eastern Electric Power Corporation (NEEPCO).
 
 

 
The NHPC also initiated a joint venture, Loktak Downstream Project, with the Manipur state government to construct a barrage for withdrawal of water for irrigation purpose. The hydel project with a barrage component will definitely turn Bangladesh's north-eastern part into a dry region. It is feared that the Bangladesh parliamentary team was not allowed to land at Tipaimukh as the barrage component of the project could be exposed. Though India cares a little about Bangladesh's endorsement regarding the project, they do not want to give the chance of raising a hue and cry on this issue. The NHPC has also entered into talks with the Nepali government for taking up new hydro-electric projects there, which will obstruct the normal flow of the Himalayan rivers enormously.
   
According to knowledgeable sources, this development in implementing the Tipaimukh Project has made the whole exercise of negotiation between India and Bangladesh over the Tipaimukh project a kind of hoax. India is more than adamant in implementing the project by giving a damn to the demand and the necessity of Bangladesh.
   
According to a report published in the Indian Economic Times on July 22, 2009 NHPC chairman and managing director Mr S K Garg confirmed the developments relating to implementing the Tipaimukh Dam and said: "The project Tipaimukh will now be developed jointly by NHPC, SJVL (a joint venture) and the Manipur government. This project's foundation stone was laid in 2006 but nothing else has happened since then. This forced the state government to hand it over to NHPC."
   
"The Manipur government has decided to hand over the project to NHPC. We will hold 69 per cent stake in the company, while SJVL will be holding another 26 per cent. The Manipur government, on the other hand, will hold the remaining 5 per cent stake in the new JV," he added.
   
The project is estimated to cost about Rs 9,000 crore and NEEPCO, which had originally conceived the idea of the hydel plant, already invested about Rs 5-6 crore in preparing the detailed project report, which has also been approved.
   
Incidentally, the NHPC has recently formed the other 74:26 JV, Loktak Downstream Project, with the Manipur government for a 66mw project.
   
Interestingly, the Economic Times report added: The hydel power company has firmed up investments of Rs 70,000 crore till 2020 to emerge a 20,000 mw power company. During the current Five-Year Plan period, NHPC has firmed up plans of investing about Rs 21,000 crore in 11 projects totalling 4,622 mw. During the 12th Plan period, it will take up 16 new projects totalling 14,000 mw, which will require a total investment of Rs 70,000 crore.
   
However, completion of these 16 projects is likely to linger to the 13th Plan period. "During the 12th Plan period, we will spend about Rs 30,000 crore, of which 70 percent will come from debt, while the rest will be in the form of equity."
   
"The Centre has allowed the NHPC to divest maximum 24 per cent stake. Next month, when the IPO hits the market, the government's holding will come down to 86.3 per cent. The rest of 10 per cent will be done as and when we require additional funds for our projects," said Mr Garg.
   
Water resources expert and Adjunct Professor of the Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences, University of Toronto, Dr M Monirul Quader Mirza, said that prior to allowing India to implement the projects certain issues must be resolved. He stressed the need for calling a meeting of the Joint River Commission (JRC) immediately to discuss the issue of Tipaimukh.. He said there is no need of any new proposal for a joint study of the Tipaimukh Project, or there is no time to waste for Bangladesh government, rather the problems might be resolved if the JRC could be activated. The decision that was taken in the 14th JRC meeting should be implemented to resolve the issue.
   
He also said that Bangladesh should enter into an agreement with India on the Fulertal Barrage, water sharing. The water sharing should not be less than the ecological water requirements.
   
   Monipur HPC
   The Hmar People's Convention (D) of Monipur in a press release issued on July 28 last said the proposed Tipaimukh Multipurpose Hydroelectric Project is a war imposed on the indigenous Hmar people and various other communities, who share the river downstream as well as upstream.
   
The power-hungry governments and dam builders in India, who were driven by capitalist interests, in their blind pursuit for profit-making and securing energy in a distant foreign land, are poised to cross into indigenous people's territory to dam the two rivers, Tuiruong and Tuivai, their lifeline. They don't have the approval and consent of the people, in whose land the dam is proposed. We are closely watching their every move, it said.
   
The HPC (D) shall never tolerate and allow their efforts to bear any fruit, it added. The statement said: The rivers that nursed and fed our honoured generations before shall continue to flow for all the generations to come. We cannot allow the rivers to be disturbed and are obligated to see that no outsiders, their forces and might will dam, destroy or disturb the natural flow of the rivers of life.
   
It also appealed to the visiting Bangladeshi parliamentary delegates to steadfastly share the concern to save the rivers Tuiruong and Tuivai for all purposes; to work together for collective good; to save the rivers from irreparable damage. The HPC(D) earlier was also responsible for destroying NEEPCO's drilling machine in 2008, said a release from Lalthutlung Hmar, northern command of the Hmar Peoples Convention (Democratic).
   
   Rally in the US
   Meanwhile, the Human Rights and Development for Bangladesh held a massive demonstration on July 17 after Jumma prayer in front of the United Nations to protest the Tipaimukh Dam. More than 600 people from New York participated.. Among others, the demonstration was addressed by community activists Badrunnahar Mita, Mahtab Uddin Ahmed, Mir Masum Ali, Abdul Hasib Chowdhury, Abu Samiha Md Sirajyul Islam, Professor Nurul Islam, Abdul Kadir Khan, Barrister Golam Mostafa, Mahmudur Rahman, Moulana Delwar Hossen and others..
   
A memorandum was also handed over to the United Nations on behalf of the demonstrators afterwards.Meanwhile, another activist, Khondaker Abu Sufiyan organised a seminar in association with the International Centre for Advancement of Bangladesh (ICAB) and another organisation floated by a section of Bangladeshi engineers living in the USA on July 26 last at the Jewish Community Centre in Jackson Heights of New York.
 



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Re: [ALOCHONA] Re: Reply to Shamim Chowdhury on Tipaimukh Dam



Yes, Tipaimukh is not a new issue. It started during the First BAL Government in 1972.
Why this is important now? because, India has recently called international tender on this project as it has entered into the implementation phase.
Only the non-sensible people do not see its importance.
 
SH

 


From: musasarkar <m_musa92870@yahoo.com>
To: alochona@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, August 5, 2009 12:08:09 PM
Subject: [ALOCHONA] Re: Reply to Shamim Chowdhury on Tipaimukh Dam

 


Mr. Enayet Ullah,

Aren't you a little hypocritical here? Tipai Mukh is not a new issue.
It has been there for a while. But you sat idle when BNP-Jamaat and the
last CTG were in power. Where was your voice during their time? Your
silence was a choice, becasue it depended on who was in power.

--- In alochona@yahoogroup s.com, Enayet Ullah <enayet_2000@ ...> wrote:
>
> Hasina or Shamim Cowdhury  can blame anyone, but, as a
Bangladeshi, we can not sit idle on this issue. Understand Bangladesh
can not fight with India, but, we certainly raise our voice and heard by
the world.
> Â
> Silence is not a choice! Any patriotic Bangladeshi need to be aware
the consequences of Tipai Dam. It has a long term effect, irrespective
of political affiliation we all need to speak in unison. When there is a
flood, it will not mercy Awami-supporter neither BNP or Jamaat.
>
>
> --- On Sun, 8/2/09, Jamil Ahmed jamil_dhaka@ ... wrote:
>
>
> From: Jamil Ahmed jamil_dhaka@ ...
> Subject: Re: [ALOCHONA] Reply to Shamim Chowdhury on Tipaimukh Dam
> To: alochona@yahoogroup s.com
> Date: Sunday, August 2, 2009, 7:11 PM
>
>
> Â
>
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> Tipaimukh Dam is not a AL or BNP issue. This is an issue of our
survival.
> I don't think Bongo Bondhu would sit idle when some thing big like
this is going on.
> http://blog. priyo.com/ politics/ 2009/08/103. html
> India will take care of their interest and that's normal.
> We should do the same. If we think as a nation that we can do it, then
we will.
>
> --- On Tue, 7/28/09, eastside_peds@ bellsouth. net <eastside_peds@
bellsouth. net> wrote:
>
>
> From: eastside_peds@ bellsouth. net <eastside_peds@ bellsouth. net>
> Subject: Re: [ALOCHONA] Reply to Shamim Chowdhury on Tipaimukh Dam
> To: alochona@yahoogroup s.com, "Dhaka Mails" dhakamails@yahoogro
ups.com>
> Cc: "Isha Khan" bd_mailer@yahoo. com>
> Date: Tuesday, July 28, 2009, 12:09 PM
>
>
>
>
> Mr. Bahar,
> During her India visit as Prime Minister, Khaleda Zia forgot to raise
"WATER SHARING ISSUE" with her Indian counterpart! ! This is called
HEADBOWING towards India. You have attended the so called Fobana in
DC!! You are not with the main stream ( Houston Fobana ), always with
the loosers ( BNP )!! So, your arguments do not carry any value!
> Â
> Dr. Manik
> ------------ -- Original message from Isha Khan bd_mailer@yahoo. com>:
------------ --
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> Â
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> --- On Mon, 6/8/09, abid bahar abidbahar@Yahoo. com> wrote:
>
> Date: Monday, June 8, 2009, 10:31 PM
>
>
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>
>
>
>
> Reply to Shamim Chowdhury on Tipaimukh Dam:
>
>
>
>
> Abid Bahar:
>
>  It is true, political parties are engaged more in making
profit by selling privileges than promoting the national interest.
This could be said for both the major political parties of Bangladesh .
Having said this however, Shamim Chowdhury's argument below to blame BNP
than India for the Tipaimukh dam is preposterous. It is done either from
his ignorance or at best from his political mindset. He says:
> Shamim Chowdhury:
>
> "It is obscure to believe India did not informed (sic)Â Bangladesh
about their Tipaimukh project, therefore there is a possibility that
BNP-Jamaat alliance gave a secret green signal to go ahead with this
illegal unilateral decision and India took a chance on head bowing
BNP-Jamaat government."
>
>
>
> Abid Bahar:
> How can Shamim Chowdhury be so sure when he is just assuming and
saying “there is a possibility�, “it is
obscure�? How does he know for sure BNP did the "head
bowing.� to the Indian project? It is the BNP government that
raised the Farakka problem to the United Nations. Moreover, we have seen
in the Farakka dam project that India does these projects through
extreme secrecy. Farakka was completed during the liberation
war. We only know about these from Indian sources
> Shamim Chowdhury:
> People of Bangladesh learned about Tipaimukh Hydro Electric Project on
river Barak, the second largest river in the region in Manipur as well
as river Tuivai after Awami League led alliance came into power. For the
month and half we have seen numerous seminar symposium making attempt to
create awareness among common people as well as government.
> Abid Bahar:
> I myself as the member of the International Farakka Committee knew
about the dam project in 1994. Then we were asking for both the
equitable distributions of the Ganges water as well as to stop Tipaimuk
dam. This Indian dam project with many others was identified in
a map drawn by B.M. Abbas during the 70's. We have done many
seminars on Indian dam projects during the 90's and later; including one
in Dhaka in 2003 at the China -Bangladesh Friendship centre where local
and foreign experts and BNP ministers were also present while we
narrowly escaped AL's call for nationwide strikes. It is said
that hese presures led India to sign a deal with Hasina.
>  Unfortunately, Shamim Chowdhury came to know about the
Tipaimukh project only recently when India is asking the AL
government to approve the deal including to give transit through
Bangladesh .
> Indian policy here is fooling us and rule and here we have
politicians and socalled experts like Shamim Chowdhury working
as the AL analyst.
> I will not go any further to waste my time to point out Shamim
Chowdhury’s type of propaganda or spreading of ignorance as
fact but will leave the readers to find out his base on "obscure"
information and his understanding of  the Tipaimukhdam problem..
> _________ ______
>
> Shamim Chowdhury’s article below:
> BNP-Jamaat alliance was in power when Indian government finalized
Tipaimukh Hydro Electric Project in Manipur in 2003. The North Eastern
Electric Power Corporation (neepco), the government agency entrusted
with the responsibility of building power projects in the northeast, has
been handed the project. In November 2005, it floated a global tender
for the project. In July 2006, the pre-bid qualification of the tender
for the first phase wasd opened. Initially Indian government budgeted
five thousand crore for this project.
>
> The ball was finally rolling from Indian side in 2003 while the
BNP-Jamaat alliance government in Bangladesh was sleeping.
Irresponsible, incompetent Khaleda government did not utter a single
word about Tipaimukh from 2001 to 2006 while in power. It is obscure to
believe India did not informed Bangladesh about their Tipaimukh project,
therefore there is a possibility that BNP-Jamaat alliance gave a secret
green signal to go ahead with this illegal unilateral decision and India
took a chance on head bowing BNP-Jamaat government.
>
> When all the unthinkable was happening with Indian unilateral decision
only few miles from Bangladesh soil, two successive government,
Khaleda-Nizami and Iazuddin-Fokhruddin failed to raise the issue with
India and failed to inform people of Bangladesh about its danger.
>
> People of Bangladesh learned about Tipaimukh Hydro Electric Project on
river Barak, the second largest river in the region in Manipur as well
as river Tuivai after Awami League led alliance came into power. For the
month and half we have seen numerous seminar symposium making attempt to
create awareness among common people as well as government.
>
> Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's government had already started
bilateral talks with Indian counter part on Tipaimukh project.
Government has rightly decided to form two-examination committee. Out of
this two committee, one will comprise all party parliamentarians and the
other will include technical experts. Both committees will visit
proposed Tipaimukh Hydro Eclectic project as fact finding mission, from
there report Bangladesh will make its case on how to place Bangladesh
interest on Indian unilateral decision on Tipaimukh hydro electric
project.
>
> Interestingly, Khaleda-Nizami alliance government all off a sadden
wakeup from their deep sleep and trying to make some buzz ward for
political reason against Tipaimukh project, the project that they gave
secret green signal to Indian authority in 2003 selling the interest of
Bangladesh for mere political gain.
>
> The nation still vividly remembers, Khaleda Zia led her delegation to
India on 26 to 28 May of 1992 to talk to her counter part P.V. Noroshima
Rao then Indian Prime Minister. During this trip she forgot to raise the
question about not getting due shares of water from Farraka Barrage.
After coming back from the tour India , facing criticism from press then
Prime Minister Khaleda Zia acknowledged that she forgot to raise the
question with her Indian apart.
>
> This is extremely sad for people of Bangladesh that Prime Minister
Khaleda Zia can forget to raise a life and death question with Indian
authority. Interestingly while Khaleda Zia forgot to raise the Farakka
issue she signed a treaty with Indian government on June 26 1992 on
Tinbigha corridor for 999 years lease. We know among many other problems
Tinbigha is one of the thorns between India-Bangladesh relations,
Khaleda getting a chance to be in power for three times could not
resolve it.
>
> We as a nation must find all facts about Tipaimukh Hydro Electric
Multipurpose project before interest of Bangladesh is dashed out one
more time. We must stand as a nation and not allow India to erect
anything, which will be against the interest of Bangladesh . However, to
do that we must first learn about all if and but about Tipaimukh
project. I hope Khaleda Zia will disclose all facts about Tipaimukh
projects and her government's actions and deeds with Indian government
during her last stay in government 2001-2006. Nation need to know if
there was any secret deal with Khaleda-Nizami, alliance government in
2003 before Indian government gave the final authorization on this
project and formed The North Eastern Electric Power Corporation
(neepco).Shamim Chowdhury's argument below to blame BNP for the
Tipaimukh dam instead of India is at best politically motivated. He
says:
> Â
> "It is obscure to believe India did not informed (sic)Â Bangladesh
about their Tipaimukh project, therefore there is a possibility that
BNP-Jamaat alliance gave a secret green signal to go ahead with this
illegal unilateral decision and India took a chance on head bowing
BNP-Jamaat government."
> Â
> How can he be sure when he is just assuming. He says "there is a
possibility. " How does Shamin Chowdhury know it was a "head bowing
BNP-Jamaat government."
>
>
>
>
>
> From: Shamim Chowdhury veirsmill@yahoo. com>
> To: Diagnose@yahoogroup s.com
> Sent: Sunday, June 7, 2009 10:14:48 PM
> Subject: [Diagnose] Re: Fw: Tipaimukh Dam: Strong Protest coming
through political forces
>
>
>
>
> BNP-Jamaat alliance was in power when Indian government finalized
Tipaimukh Hydro Electric Project in Manipur in 2003. The North Eastern
Electric Power Corporation (neepco), the government agency entrusted
with the responsibility of building power projects in the northeast, has
been handed the project. In November 2005, it floated a global tender
for the project. In July 2006, the pre-bid qualification of the tender
for the first phase wasd opened. Initially Indian government budgeted
five thousand crore for this project.
> Â
> The ball was finally rolling from Indian side in 2003 while the
BNP-Jamaat alliance government in Bangladesh was sleeping.
Irresponsible, incompetent Khaleda government did not utter a single
word about Tipaimukh from 2001 to 2006 while in power. It is obscure to
believe India did not informed Bangladesh about their Tipaimukh project,
therefore there is a possibility that BNP-Jamaat alliance gave a secret
green signal to go ahead with this illegal unilateral decision and India
took a chance on head bowing BNP-Jamaat government.
> Â
> When all the unthinkable was happening with Indian unilateral decision
only few miles from Bangladesh soil, two successive government,
Khaleda-Nizami and Iazuddin-Fokhruddin failed to raise the issue with
India and failed to inform people of Bangladesh about its danger.
>
> People of Bangladesh learned about Tipaimukh Hydro Electric Project on
river Barak, the second largest river in the region in Manipur as well
as river Tuivai after Awami League led alliance came into power. For the
month and half we have seen numerous seminar symposium making attempt to
create awareness among common people as well as government.
>
> Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's government had already started
bilateral talks with Indian counter part on Tipaimukh project.
Government has rightly decided to form two-examination committee. Out of
this two committee, one will comprise all party parliamentarians and the
other will include technical experts. Both committees will visit
proposed Tipaimukh Hydro Eclectic project as fact finding mission, from
there report Bangladesh will make its case on how to place Bangladesh
interest on Indian unilateral decision on Tipaimukh hydro electric
project.
>
> Interestingly, Khaleda-Nizami alliance government all off a sadden
wakeup from their deep sleep and trying to make some buzz ward for
political reason against Tipaimukh project, the project that they gave
secret green signal to Indian authority in 2003 selling the interest of
Bangladesh for mere political gain.
>
> The nation still vividly remembers, Khaleda Zia led her delegation to
India on 26 to 28 May of 1992 to talk to her counter part P.V. Noroshima
Rao then Indian Prime Minister. During this trip she forgot to raise the
question about not getting due shares of water from Farraka Barrage.
After coming back from the tour India , facing criticism from press then
Prime Minister Khaleda Zia acknowledged that she forgot to raise the
question with her Indian apart.
>
> This is extremely sad for people of Bangladesh that Prime Minister
Khaleda Zia can forget to raise a life and death question with Indian
authority. Interestingly while Khaleda Zia forgot to raise the Farakka
issue she signed a treaty with Indian government on June 26 1992 on
Tinbigha corridor for 999 years lease. We know among many other problems
Tinbigha is one of the thorns between India-Bangladesh relations,
Khaleda getting a chance to be in power for three times could not
resolve it.
>
> We as a nation must find all facts about Tipaimukh Hydro Electric
Multipurpose project before interest of Bangladesh is dashed out one
more time. We must stand as a nation and not allow India to erect
anything, which will be against the interest of Bangladesh . However, to
do that we must first learn about all if and but about Tipaimukh
project. I hope Khaleda Zia will disclose all facts about Tipaimukh
projects and her government's actions and deeds with Indian government
during her last stay in government 2001-2006. Nation need to know if
there was any secret deal with Khaleda-Nizami, alliance government in
2003 before Indian government gave the final authorization on this
project and formed The North Eastern Electric Power Corporation
(neepco).
>
> Sincerely,
> Shamim Chowdhury
> Maryland, USA
> --- In Diagnose@yahoogroup s.com, kazi Mohammad Ismail
<kazimohammadismail @ ....> wrote:
> >
> > Dear all
> > Â
> > Earlier wrote a message about Future Politics of Bangladesh will be
concentred in tipaimukh dam. Now it is clear that social, political and
civilian are coming strongly to protet contruction of tipaimukh dam.
> > Â
> > yesterday the biggest islamic party in Bangladesh, JammatÂ
organised a grand rally at Dhaka. One day before some leftest
parties (khalequzzaman among others)Â opined against tipaimukh
dam. everyday there had seminars in this issue. See the links:
> > Â
> > http://nation. ittefaq.com/ issues/2009/ 05/22/news0893. htm
> > Â
> > http://jamaat- video.blogspot. com/
> > http://www.youtube. com/bjiict
> > Â
> > http://www.kanglaon line.com/ index.php? template= kshow&kid=691
> > http://www.e- pao.net/epSubPag eExtractor. asp?src=news_
section.opinions .Opinion_ on_Building_ of_Tipaimukh_ Dam
> > http://ne.icrindia. org/tag/tipaimuk h-dam/
> > http://www.bdnews24 .com/details. php?id=77785& cid=2
> > http://www.downtoea rth.org.in/ cover.asp? foldername=
20061015&filename= news&sec_ id=9&sid= 52
> > Â
> > kazi mohammad ismail
> > Â
> > Â
> > Â
> > Â
> > Â
> > Â
> >
>




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Re: [ALOCHONA] Professor Mamtazuddin Samachar



Dear J.A.Chowdhury,
 
I am not a Razakar. You are a Razakar as evident from your posting.
Yes, it is time to change. Don't you see what Awamis are doing. They are renting
government Apartment for private gain. If the information I have provided are incorrect, why don't you go and ask him or you can ask anybody in New York.
 
SH
Toronto


From: J.A. Chowdhury <Chwdhury@hotmail.com>
To: alochona@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, August 6, 2009 9:45:28 AM
Subject: RE: [ALOCHONA] Professor Mamtazuddin Samachar

 


 Compleately Lie. Sajjat we know u as a Rajakar. Do you have any evidence in support of ur posting?
 ar koto BNP Jaamati der chamca-giri korba? It is time to CHANGE, DIN BODOLER TIME.Say Jai Bangla.
 
 J.A.Chowdhury


To: alochona@yahoogroup s.com
From: shossain456@ yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2009 19:21:29 -0700
Subject: [ALOCHONA] Professor Mamtazuddin Samachar



The BAL Government recently appointed Professor (Nattakar) Momtazuddin Ahmed, a U.S. immigrant to the Bangladesh Mission in New York as Cultual Attache.
He has recently arrived in New York from Dhaka with his spouse. The Mission rented a three-bed room apartment for him in Manhattan District as the cost of $7000 per month.
What this Professor did is something very strange. He rented out one room to another Bangladeshi at $2000 per month. Is this not corruption? I read some of pieces published in "Janakatha" where he attacked "Begum Zia" using vulgar language. He also wrote few pieces on corruption of the Four-Party Alliance.
 
The Mission appointed one Mr Kaosar Mamin as his staff. Mr Mamin has a special duty to perform. He carries Professor Momtazuddin' s 'Jainamaz' wherever His Excellency goes so that he can perform "Namaz".
These are recent additions to "Din Bodol Hoichey"
 
SH
Toronto






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Re: [ALOCHONA] BDR Probe body misses 3rd deadline



Mr. Jamil Ahmed

Why are you so surprised?? Is your naivette selective. Were our police/army law enforcement ever gentle with prisoner (guilty or otherwise). have you forgotten assasinations, midnight trials & executions, heart attacks (during clean heart etc), deaths during CG). Killings of minorities etc. Our history for the last 6o years is littered with such events.

 

 Shouldnt you & the Shial obsessed Faruk "Hakka Hua" Alamgir (btw who might himself be a wild animal worth locking up in a zoo) be more concerned that the process is transparent and fair rather than making snide comments

Robin

-----Original Message-----
From: Jamil Ahmed
Sent: Aug 5, 2009 4:35 PM
To: alochona@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [ALOCHONA] BDR Probe body misses 3rd deadline

 


Who is killing BDR jawans?
Don't they know that what goes around will come around.
I hope someone is keeping a tab.
 
--- On Tue, 8/4/09, Samiunnabi Hossain <sami_un@yahoo.com> wrote:

From: Samiunnabi Hossain <sami_un@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [ALOCHONA] BDR Probe body misses 3rd deadline
To: alochona@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, August 4, 2009, 11:43 AM



Mustafiz,
'Then' at the end ' There will be none' to stand as worthy witness! And that is expected,right ? The plan and procedure to derail investigation of a conspiracy is done ahead of implementing conspiracy itself. If you were a planner would you not do the same! Thanks for reminding us about the case though. But again Allah has his own plan!
 
sami
 
 
 

From: Ezajur Rahman <ezajur.rahman@q8.com>
To: alochona@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, August 4, 2009 1:06:21 AM
Subject: [ALOCHONA] BDR Probe body misses 3rd deadline



UNNATURAL DEATHS OF BDR JAWANS
Probe body misses 3rd deadline

Courtesy New Age 4/8/09


Mustafizur Rahman

The investigation committee failed to make any headway in probing the deaths of BDR soldiers in custody even in the last two months and a half as such death toll soared to 35 until Sunday, officials said.
   The government has given the probe body one more month to complete the investigation into 'unnatural deaths' of Bangladesh Rifles soldiers in custody in the aftermath of the February 25-26 bloody rebellion at the BDR headquarters.
   The home ministry's committee, formed on May 14, had missed the deadline for the third time, said an official concerned.
    As the last deadline for submitting probe report expired on July 26, the government on July 29 gave it one-month time further to facilitate 'better investigation into the incidents.'
   'The committee asked for more time to properly investigate the incidents of unnatural deaths…We have allowed one month more so that the body can complete the task in a better manner,' home secretary Abdus Sobhan Sikder told New Age on Monday.
   The government initiated the executive inquiry into unnatural deaths of the paramilitary force members, who were taken into custody on suspicion of their involvement with the mutiny, in the wake of pressures from local and international rights groups.
   At least 35 BDR soldiers died in custody in Dhaka and elsewhere after the rebellion that killed 75 persons, including 57 army officers deputed to the border force.
   The police so far arrested more than 3,000 BDR soldiers at places across the country in connection with the worst rebellion in BDR that stunned the nation and put the two-month old government in troubles.
   Of the arrested, seven reportedly committed suicide, eight died of 'heart attack' and the other 20 deaths were caused by various diseases, according to the BDR authorities.
   'The deputy secretary-led committee is too weak to carry out such a sensitive task,' said a senior official at the home ministry.
   In late June, the committee was given a month's extension for completing the inquiry into the incidents after it missed the second deadline.
   The committee formed with representatives from BDR and police was supposed to submit report in 15 days to June 4.
   But it could not even start the work in the given time as deputy secretary (law) Zakir Hassain initially declined to head the four-member body.
   It was given 15 more days.
   The committee is supposed to identify the reasons behind the unnatural deaths of border guards and recommend steps to prevent such custodial deaths.

 









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RE: [ALOCHONA] Professor Mamtazuddin Samachar




 Compleately Lie. Sajjat we know u as a Rajakar. Do you have any evidence in support of ur posting?
 ar koto BNP Jaamati der chamca-giri korba? It is time to CHANGE, DIN BODOLER TIME.Say Jai Bangla.
 
 J.A.Chowdhury


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Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2009 19:21:29 -0700
Subject: [ALOCHONA] Professor Mamtazuddin Samachar



The BAL Government recently appointed Professor (Nattakar) Momtazuddin Ahmed, a U.S. immigrant to the Bangladesh Mission in New York as Cultual Attache.
He has recently arrived in New York from Dhaka with his spouse. The Mission rented a three-bed room apartment for him in Manhattan District as the cost of $7000 per month.
What this Professor did is something very strange. He rented out one room to another Bangladeshi at $2000 per month. Is this not corruption? I read some of pieces published in "Janakatha" where he attacked "Begum Zia" using vulgar language. He also wrote few pieces on corruption of the Four-Party Alliance.
 
The Mission appointed one Mr Kaosar Mamin as his staff. Mr Mamin has a special duty to perform. He carries Professor Momtazuddin's 'Jainamaz' wherever His Excellency goes so that he can perform "Namaz".
These are recent additions to "Din Bodol Hoichey"
 
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[ALOCHONA] Re: BDR Probe body misses 3rd deadline

Dear Alochok Faruque

I tend to agree with what you write and I even enjoy the parts I disagree with.

But dear, sweet Faruque - you are making my eyes weaker. Just yesterday I bumped into another Deshi at my local opthamologist. And we both blamed you for our recent eye problems.

Multicoloured, exaggerated spellings and endless exclamation marks confuse my simple mind and torture my ageing eyes. Can't you just make your point simply? It's much more effective. And people who care about national debates don't need colour, highlights and exaggerations. They will get your point easily without such visual aids.

Everytime I read chu hua kua I think I am on a Chinese website.

Love

Ezajur Rahman
Kuwait

--- In alochona@yahoogroups.com, Faruque Alamgir <faruquealamgir@...> wrote:
>
> *The probe committee will miss all the deadline till the draft of the report
> is perused n approved by the main stakeholder n their Bangladeshi allies.*
>
> *IT IS CRYSTAL CLEAR AS SPRING WATER N THAT THE AIM OF THE MAIN BENEFICIARY
> IS TO DISMEMBER OF OUR HEROIC ARMED FORCES N
> ............................................................................
> TO MATERIALIZE THE LONG STANDINMG DREAM OF HINDU STAAAN THE LOCAL HATED
> PAA CHATA DALALS ARE MAKING "HUAKKA HUA KHEK SHIALER GAAN".*
>
> *THE RULE OF THE EVIL GAME IS DECIDED FROM THE SOUTH BLOCK OF NOA
> DELLLLHHHHI NOT DHAKA. THIS IS NOTHING BUT TRUE U OR I BELIEVE IT OR NOT.
> *
> Faruque Alamgir
>
> On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 10:56 PM, musasarkar <m_musa92870@...> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >
> > Sami,
> >
> > 35 BDR deaths in 5 months. For all 3000 arrested to die at this rate,
> > it will take almost 36 years before you can finally say there is none to
> > stand as worthy witness. Which one expected? AL in power for next 36
> > years? If they lose power before that, rest assured the OTHER party
> > will find enough Jozz Miah, Partha Shoibal Saha, Mukhlesur Rahman to
> > hang. Allah has very special plan for the hypocrites.
> >
> > --- In alochona@yahoogroups.com <alochona%40yahoogroups.com>, Samiunnabi
> > Hossain <sami_un@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Mustafiz,
> > > 'Then' at the end ' There will be none' to stand as worthyÂ
> > witness! And that is expected,right ? The plan and procedure to
> > derail investigation of a conspiracy is done ahead of implementing
> > conspiracy itself. If you were a planner would you not do the same!
> > Thanks for reminding us about the case though. But again Allah has his
> > own plan!
> > >
> > > sami
> > > Â
> > > Â
> > > Â
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ________________________________
> > >
> > > From: Ezajur Rahman ezajur.rahman@
> > > To: alochona@yahoogroups.com <alochona%40yahoogroups.com>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, August 4, 2009 1:06:21 AM
> > > Subject: [ALOCHONA] BDR Probe body misses 3rd deadline
> > >
> > > UNNATURAL DEATHS OF BDR JAWANS
> > > Probe body misses 3rd deadline
> > > Courtesy New Age 4/8/09
> > >
> > > Mustafizur Rahman
> > > The investigation committee failed to make any headway in probing the
> > deaths of BDR soldiers in custody even in the last two months and a half
> > as such death toll soared to 35 until Sunday, officials said.
> > > Â Â Â The government has given the probe body one more month
> > to complete the investigation into ‘unnatural deaths’ of
> > Bangladesh Rifles soldiers in custody in the aftermath of the February
> > 25-26 bloody rebellion at the BDR headquarters.
> > >    The home ministry’s committee, formed on May 14,
> > had missed the deadline for the third time, said an official concerned.
> > > Â Â Â As the last deadline for submitting probe report
> > expired on July 26, the government on July 29 gave it one-month time
> > further to facilitate ‘better investigation into the
> > incidents.’
> > >    ‘The committee asked for more time to properly
> > investigate the incidents of unnatural deaths…We have allowed one
> > month more so that the body can complete the task in a better
> > manner,’ home secretary Abdus Sobhan Sikder told New Age on
> > Monday.
> > > Â Â Â The government initiated the executive inquiry into
> > unnatural deaths of the paramilitary force members, who were taken into
> > custody on suspicion of their involvement with the mutiny, in the wake
> > of pressures from local and international rights groups.
> > > Â Â Â At least 35 BDR soldiers died in custody in Dhaka and
> > elsewhere after the rebellion that killed 75 persons, including 57 army
> > officers deputed to the border force.
> > > Â Â Â The police so far arrested more than 3,000 BDR soldiers
> > at places across the country in connection with the worst rebellion in
> > BDR that stunned the nation and put the two-month old government in
> > troubles.
> > > Â Â Â Of the arrested, seven reportedly committed suicide,
> > eight died of ‘heart attack’ and the other 20 deaths were
> > caused by various diseases, according to the BDR authorities.
> > >    ‘The deputy secretary-led committee is too weak
> > to carry out such a sensitive task,’ said a senior official at
> > the home ministry.
> > >    In late June, the committee was given a month’s
> > extension for completing the inquiry into the incidents after it missed
> > the second deadline.
> > > Â Â Â The committee formed with representatives from BDR and
> > police was supposed to submit report in 15 days to June 4.
> > > Â Â Â But it could not even start the work in the given time
> > as deputy secretary (law) Zakir Hassain initially declined to head the
> > four-member body.
> > > Â Â Â It was given 15 more days.
> > > Â Â Â The committee is supposed to identify the reasons
> > behind the unnatural deaths of border guards and recommend steps to
> > prevent such custodial deaths.
> > > Â
> > >
> > > ________________________________
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>


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[ALOCHONA] Re: Pinak terms 80pc visa seekers touts, brokers

Dear Alochok Mashuque

Then I am one of the most anti state rajakars around :)

Dipu Moni's response to Pinak's rudeness was that in her personal opinion Pinak had possibly breached diplomatic norms.

Well. Wow! What a great reply!

You can ask for the foreign ministry to be more vocal!

I would ask for Pinak to hurl more insults at us!

My request would be more useful for our country :)

And by the way - no! we have no idea about the real problems in our country... There's far more to a being a developed nation than having bridges, roads and cheap food...

Ezajur Rahman
Kuwait


--- In alochona@yahoogroups.com, Mashuque Rahman <mashuque@...> wrote:
>
> I thought over the years we came to the point now that any truth about our country (Bangladesh) which portrays the country in a negative light is considered as being "desh-o-drohee" (anti-state)! People forget that we can't solve a problem unless we acknowledge the problem to start with. It seems always better to keep our head in the sand.
>
> On the other hand Pinak or any other foreign embassy official got to stay away from any remark that goes way beyond the official norm. Our foreign ministry need to be much more vocal in this regard.
>
>  
> - mashuque
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: ezajur <ezajur.rahman@...>
> To: alochona@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2009 4:03:08 AM
> Subject: [ALOCHONA] Re: Pinak terms 80pc visa seekers touts, brokers
>
>  
> Dear Alochoks
>
> I intensely dislike Pinak and he is not fit to be Ambassador at all. We want him recalled.
>
> I wonder if he is the true face of India's relationship with Bangladesh. I wonder if the smiling faces of visiting ex PMs and stars of the Gandhi clan are irrelevant in this relationship.
>
> However I have to confess that I grudgingly admire Finak for some of his forthright comments - in particular his comment about touts and brokers.
>
> I think he is right.
>
> Newly weds, prospective in laws and senior businessmen seem to have no trouble in going to India and the airlines are all doing a brisk trade between Calutta and Delhi.
>
> I like the fact that he had the guts to refer to touts and brokers as touts and brokers. I love it. Because politcians have empowered an entire class of touts (tout is a Bengali word I think!), batpars, dalals, beymaans and choors. Our commentators refer to these same scum as 'lobbyists and agents'.
>
> Its better to have an Indian Ambassador who speaks his mind than and Indian Ambassador who massages our egos with praise and decorum but who thinks the same as Pinak! At least we know where we stand!
>
> So another Ambassador thinks that touts mostly queue outside the Embassy but says efforts are being made to speed up visa applications when actually nothing is being done. We would accept it.
>
> So another Ambassador thinks the Tipumaikh dam is unstoppable, just like Pinak, but says that serious reviews are being done - when actually nothing is being done. We would accept it.
>
> So another Ambassador thinks we should open, deregulated markets at our border, just like Pinak, but he just doesn't say it publicly and pushes Ministers discretely for such markets. We would accept it.
>
> I hate Pinak. But anything that exposes our true condition is welcome to me. Even if it is insulting.
>
> As is there is real shock and puzzlement that 25,000 Deshis would seek to stay illegally in India - when it is part of our culture to stay illegally in any country. Or am I wrong?
>
> Thats right Pinak - you shut up and don't upset our sovereign pride.
>
> India should still respect us. Even if actually doesn't.
>
> Because we hardly have any touts, dalals, batpars and choors in Bangladesh who are protected by politcians. We only have very bad shushils and Army people. Right?
>
> Ezajur Rahman
>
>
> --- In alochona@yahoogroup s.com, "Ezajur Rahman" <ezajur.rahman@ ...> wrote:
> >
> > Pinak terms 80pc visa seekers touts, brokers
> > Courtesy New Age 21/7/09
> >
> > Staff Correspondent
> >
> > Some 25,000 of the Bangladeshi travellers going to India with legal
> > visas every year do not come back, claimed the Indian high commissioner
> > to Bangladesh, Pinak Ranjan Chakrabarty, and described most of the visa
> > seekers as 'touts' and 'brokers'.
> > He made the allegations at a conference on 'Bangladesh- India Economic
> > Relations' in Dhaka on Monday in a bid to justify the Indian High
> > Commission's cumbersome process of issuing visas, as shown by the
> > extremely long queues of visa seekers.
> > 'Eighty per cent of the visa seekers are not genuine. Those [whom you
> > see in the queue] are touts and brokers,' said the Indian 'diplomat',
> > adding that the visa issuing process would be much easier if the
> > Bangladesh government ensured that touts and brokers no longer queue for
> > submitting visa applications.
> > He attributed the current visa regime to India's security concerns
> > against the backdrop of incidents such as the terrorist attacks in
> > Mumbai. 'Twenty-five thousand of the Bangladeshis who are going to India
> > with legal visas [every year] are not returning to their country,' he
> > said, although he could not specify the reasons for the alleged
> > disappearance of the Bangladeshis.
> > A large 50-member delegation of the Federation of Indian Chambers of
> > Commerce and Industry, led by its vice-president Harsh C Mariwala,
> > attended the daylong conference organised by the Federation of
> > Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry at the Pan Pacific
> > Sonargaon Hotel.
> > Pinak's far from diplomatic outburst was an attempt to rebut the
> > complaints made by the president of the FBCCI, Annisul Huq, about
> > India's slow and tortuous process of issuing visas to Bangladeshis.
> > Talking about non-tariff barriers to bilateral trade, Annisul quipped
> > that the queue of the visa seekers was usually three miles long and it
> > should be included as one of the Guinness World Records.
> > 'We certainly need to ensure a significant reduction in our
> > apparently small, non-tariff barriers that threaten bigger opportunities
> > of growth,' said Annis.
> > In response, Pinak said that the High Commission would not object to
> > multiple visas for businesspeople. 'I promise you that business visas
> > will be issued as quickly as possible.'
> > Pinak said that New Delhi had been offering duty-free access of all
> > goods and commodities from Bangladesh as a least developed country since
> > 2008, and had only excluded a 'small negative list of 434 items'.
> > Speaking at the opening session before leaving to attend the weekly
> > cabinet meeting, commerce minister Faruk Khan urged the business leaders
> > of the two countries to pressure their governments to develop
> > cooperative relations for mutual benefit.
> > 'We have created problems ourselves. People-to-people contact is good
> > but when it comes with governments, especially politicians, we see
> > problems,' he said, expressing the hope that the present democratic
> > atmosphere in the entire South Asia would give the politicians the
> > 'right message' to work for cooperation.
> > At a seminar in Dhaka on June 21 Pinak had said, 'It is unfortunate
> > that there are some so-called water experts who make comments without
> > considering some of the issues. They are basically attempting to poison
> > the minds of the friendly people of Bangladesh against India.'
> > The foreign affairs minister, Dipu Moni, who spoke later as chief
> > guest, did not make any comments on Pinak's remarks that subsequently
> > sparked off a lot of controversy and indignation, although she later
> > termed his haughty attitude and antagonistic remarks a violation of
> > diplomatic norms.
> >
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[ALOCHONA] Re: Saudi Arabia rejects Dr Abdul Momen( brother of Abul Mal Muhit)

My information is that he was rejected because, during his stay in Saudi Arabia, he was a vocal activist against injustices inflicted upon Deshi labourers. This rejection is a badge of honour!


--- In alochona@yahoogroups.com, Isha Khan <bd_mailer@...> wrote:
>
> Saudi Arabia rejects Dr Abdul Momen( brother of Abul Mal Muhit)
>  
> http://www.amardeshbd.com/dailynews/detail_news_index.php?NewsID=232369&NewsType=bistarito&SectionID=home&GSV=DGBMRYOW
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[ALOCHONA] Re: Tajuddin Ahmad:An Unsung Hero(July 23,1925-Nov 3,1975)

Dear Alochok Shamim

Thank you for this. I wish Tajuddin had held controlling power after independence. I saw an interview of him once - and his brilliance was just so plain to see.

Every page of every of our nation's short history is drenched in injustice and incompetence.

Maybe that's the greatest pain of all real patriots - to see our country let down again and again and again. We know its potential and we know its beauty - we want our country to shine brilliantly. We know it can.

We must never give up hope.

Regards

Ezajur Rahman
Kuwait

--- In alochona@yahoogroups.com, veirsmill@... wrote:
>
>
> Tajuddin Ahmad: An Unsung Hero (July 23,1925-November 3,1975)
> Tajuddin Ahmed, Founder Prime Minister of Bangladesh who led the country during independence war was born on July 23, 1925 and were killed inside Dhaka Central Jail by a section of misguided soldiers inspired by defeated evil forces of darkness on November 3 of 1975.
>
> Dear readers, my humble request to every single reader to rise above partisanship and all trivial differences and read the compilation below. Read to learn about our national leaders who lead the countries liberation to its final victory and made supreme sacrifice to uphold their belief but not giving up their honor. 
>   
> Even if you do not share the same ideological path, share their value of remaining truthful what they believe in and not giving up their dignity when they faced the ultimate, the death.
>   
> On this day, I pay my homage and salute my fallen heroes of liberation and center of my inspiration along with Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman the father of the nation. I pray to my almighty creator and seek his divine blessing and forgiveness for all of our national leaders and millions of our loved ones who sacrificed their life for our country to be free and remain free.
>   
> I found some video link, which is remarkable imaging collection of facts about our national leader Tajuddin Ahmed, Prime Minister of our first provisional government during our glorious independence war. I wish I can collect video presentation about other national leaders who died on fateful night of November 3rd of 1975.
>   
> Sincerely yours
> Shamim Chowdhury
> Maryland , USA   
>  
> Links on his life
> TAJUDDIN AHMED : AN UNSUNG HERO [PART 01]
> Video Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpzTCoUvkok   
>  
> TAJUDDIN AHMED : AN UNSUNG HERO [PART 02]
> Video Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbblQuf1ODk 
>  
> TAJUDDIN AHMED : AN UNSUNG HERO [part 03]
> Video Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3aKLLqjqOI 
>  
> New website on Founder Prime Minister of Bangladesh :
> Link:http://www.tajuddinahmad.com 
> ==================================================
>  
> Excerpts from the documentary:
> Tajuddin Ahmad: An Unsung Hero
> Script and direction by Tanvir Mokammel
> Produced by Simeen Hussain Rimi
> In Bengali with English subtitles, 14 mins
>  
> Biography of Tajuddin Ahmad
> (Founder Prime Minister of Bangladesh )
> (July 23, 1925 - November 3, 1975)
>  
> Tajuddin Ahmad was born on July 23, 1925, in the village Dardoria, in Kapasia Thana,of Gazipur district, which is 82 kilometers by road from the Capital city Dhaka , Bangladesh . The name of the village connotes "The River Gate" or " Flowing River " and may be associated with the river Shitalakhya on whose bank it stands.
>  
> Tajuddin’s father was Moulavi Muhammad Yasin Khan and his mother Meherunnesa Khanam. There were ten brothers and sisters--four brothers and six sisters. Being the child of a conservative Muslim family from a middle class, his education began at the village maktab (religious school) founded by his father. Later on he was enrolled in Bhuleswar Primary School , two kilometers from the family house. When he was in class (grade) four he was enrolled in Kapasia Minor English School , a distance of five kilometers from Dardoria. His enrollment at this school was due to the encouragement of his mother. While a student at Kapasia M.E. School Tajuddin drew the attention of three senior revolutionary leaders who had dedicated their lives to liberating their country from the British rule. They were impressed by Tajuddin’s merit and planted the seed of patriotism in young Tajuddin’s heart. They recommended to his teachers that their student be sent on to a
> better school. Accordingly he was admitted into St. Nicholas Institution in Kalinganj. At this school, as well, he so distinguished himself that the headmaster advised that he be admitted into Muslim Boys’ School in Dhaka, and then he went on to St. Gregory’s High School. During his studies in school Tajuddin Ahmad always stood first in his class. In the ME Scholarship exam he won the first place in Dhaka District. Tajuddin Ahmad was also a Hafez (one who is intensely well-versed in the Holy Quran and knows the Holy Quran by heart). In 1942, when the World War II was going on, he received training in civil defense. In 1944, at the Matriculation exam, he won the twelfth place in the First Division, in Kolkata Board,the only existing board,in Bengal Province , during that period. In 1948 at the Intermediate (equivalent to HSC) exam he won the fourth place in the First Division,in Dhaka Board.
> Tajuddin was all along associated with the Boy Scout movement.
>  
> Since his school days Tajuddin Ahmad had been involved in progressive movements, politics and social work. He had been imprisoned numerous times for his political activities for freedom, democracy and economic justice. He obtained a bachelor (Hons) degree in economics from Dhaka University . In the Provincial Election of 1954 he ran on the ticket of the Jukta (United) Front and defeated the General Secretary of the Muslim League by a wide margin and was elected MLA. As a student of law he attended his classes regularly but took the final examination while in jail and obtained the LL.B. degree. The famine of 1943 and its trail of deaths moved Tajuddin Ahmad deeply. After the famine he organized the people of the village into setting up a storage system called "Dharmagola" which was a novelty at the village level. In harvest season food grain would be collected from the rich and deposited in the storage so that food could be supplied to the hungry in time
> of disaster. He would work relentlessly for service to the needy. When Tajuddin Ahmad was an MLA, a boy named Abdul Aziz in his village was wounded from a gunshot. He brought the boy to the hospital and himself donated 10 ounces of blood with the purpose of saving the life of the victim. Later, on hearing that the boy died, he was deeply grieved.
>  
> From the time of his student days Tajuddin Ahmad was connected with the kind of politics which aimed to emancipate the people of Bengal . From 1943 onward he was an activist of the progressive Muslim League. In 1944 he was elected Councilor of the then Bengal Muslim League. In 1947 India was partitioned into two States, namely India and Pakistan . The State of Pakistan was divided into two wings called East Pakistan and West Pakistan , which were separated by twelve hundred miles. After the partition of India , Tajuddin was actively associated with every movement that was organized in Pakistan to resist communalism and to support economic emancipation and the language movement. When East Pakistan Students League was formed on 4th January 1948 he was one of its founders and devotedly discharged his onerous responsibility in this regard. He was an active member of All-Party State Language Movement which aimed to establish Bengali, the language spoken by
> the majority in East Pakistan as the State Language of Pakistan. When the Awami League was formed on 23 June, 1949 Tajuddin Ahmad was one of its main organizers. From 1953 to 1957 he was General Secretary of Dhaka District Awami League. In 1955 he was elected Social Welfare and Cultural Secretary of Awami League. He visited the United States as a State guest in 1958. The same year he visited the United Kingdom .
>  
> Syeda Zohra Khatun (Lily) and Tajuddin were married on April 26, 1959.
> Tajuddin found an ideal life partner in Zohra . Their marriage inspired Tajuddin to continue his struggle for freedom and democracy. In 1962 he was actively involved in the movement for restoration of democracy and was imprisoned. In 1964 Tajuddin Ahmad played a key role in the revival of Awami League. In 1964 after being elected Awami League’s Organizing Secretary he, under the leadership of Bangabandhu (the title Bangabandhu which means the Friend of Bengal was bestowed on Sheikh Mujibur Rahman by the people of Bangladesh), infused a new vigor into the party. In 1966 he attended with Bangabandhu the conference of opposition parties held in Lahore , (then) West Pakistan . At this conference Bangabandhu declared the Six Points, the charter of liberation of the Bangalees in (then) East Pakistan . Tajuddin was one of the key architects of the Six Points. By dint of his organizational skill and devotion he became a close associate of Bangabandhu Sheikh
> Mujibur Rahman. In the same year he was elected General Secretary of Awami League. While the movement for Six Points was ongoing he was arrested on May 8, 1966. He was released on February 12, 1969 in the face of mass upsurge. In the 1970 general election he was elected member of Pakistan ’s National Assembly. In an attempt to deny the popular mandate and to foil by various stratagems, the Bangalees’ struggle to realize their rights, Pakistan ’s military dictator President Yahya Khan suddenly declared postponement of the session of the National Assembly on 3rd March, 1971. The unprecedented Non-Cooperation Movement was launched under the leadership of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. In directing the organizational strategies of this movement and negotiating with the military rulers at the discussion table as a trusted associate of Bangabandhu, Tajuddin Ahmad proved his great talent and capabilities. While Bangabandhu could inspire people with
> hopes and dreams, it was Tajuddin who through his foresight and talent transformed those aspirations into realities. Indeed, Bangabandhu and Tajuddin were complimentary to each other.
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> On the night of 25 March, 1971 the Pakistani forces went on a genocide and arrested Bangabandhu and took him to West Pakistan the next day. Liberation war of the Bangalees began. The East Pakistan declared Independence from Pakistan and emerged as Bangladesh on March 26, 1971. In the absence of Bangabandhu the responsibility of leadership devolved on Tahuddin Ahmad. On April 10, 1971 the government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh was formed and Tajuddin became its Prime Minister by universal consent. This government took a formal oath of office in the presence of hundreds of local and foreign journalists and residents of the area on April 17, 1971. The Proclamation of Independence was read and the Oath took place in the Mango Orchard of Bayddanathtala in Kushtia , Bangladesh . Tajuddin renamed this place "Mujibnagar" which means the ‘City of Mujib ’ after Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. He declared Mujibnagar as the official Capital of Bangladesh.
> Despite crippling obstacles he organized both the political and the military front within a short time. His abilities, sacrifice, devotion and patriotism inspired all. The successful leadership during the liberation war marked the finest period of Tajuddin Ahmad’s life. During the liberation war the office of the exile Mujibnagar Government was established at No. 8 Theatre Road in Kolkata , India . In two rooms at one corner of No.8 Theatre Road Tajuddin set up his office and his residence. All through the liberation war Tajuddin Ahmad worked day and night in that temporary office of theatre road. He passed night after night in discomfort, ate whatever food was supplied by the mess, even did his own washing. He took a vow that till Bangladesh was liberated he would not lead a family life. As the Prime Minister of a nation ridden in war and its freedom fighters’ away from their families Tajuddin wanted to share their sufferings as well as set an
> example. It is not possible to express in words the hard work that he did during the nine months of the war. During those months there was no rest for him. It was because of his capable leadership that the nation could win its independence within a record time of 266 days.
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> His firm resolve and commitment on the question of the country’s liberation had no parallel. He was far from an opportunist. He would never compromise the interest of the nation. It was his unbreakable spirit that helped the nation to wriggle out of the deep crisis into which it was thrown. With his idealism and firmness of resolve and unique qualities of leadership he was able to spurn all inducements and strove single-mindedly towards his goal. He was not willing to settle for anything less than full independence. No one could deflect him in the slightest degree from his firm resolve. Because of his clear pragmatic thinking and courage he could reach the cherished goal in due time. Tajuddin Ahmad possessed the rare ability to make the right decision with intelligence in a moment of crisis.
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> He was able to create enthusiasm in the 75 million people of Bangladesh across parties and ideologies for freedom. During the liberation war the force of his inspiring leadership and overpowering oratory made the 75 million people of Bangladesh , irrespective of party and persuasion, into determined freedom fighters--an achievement that might not have been possible with any other leader. He knew no nepotism and treated every one, including his opponents and those who caused him harm, with fairness and justice.
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> After the victory in the liberation war and till Bangabandhu’s return on 10 January 1972, Tajuddin directed the affairs of the state. He handed over the Prime Minister’s position to the Father of the Nation, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, on January 12,1972. After the transfer of power, he held the portfolios of Finance and Planning.He took great pains to build up a self-reliant and flourishing economy. He left a high mark as the Finance Minister of a newly independent nation. As a member of the constituion framing committee,Tajuddin was one of the key architects in framing the constitution of the newly liberated country.  His pragmatic approach to problem solving and stand for truth and justice won him many friends. It also won him enemies who relentlessly conspired to put obstacles in his path.
> He resigned as the Minister of Finance on 26 October 1974.
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> On August 15, 1975 Bangabandhu with his family-members were assassinated by the usurpers. Tajuddin was house arrested on the morning of that day. He was taken to the central jail on August 22. On November 3, 1975,while in custody, Tajuddin Ahmad and his three colleagues and national leaders, Syed Nazrul Islam, M Mansur Ali and Kamruzzaman were brutally assassinated in violation of all prison rules and the law of the land. Besides wife Syeda Zohra Tajuddin, eldest daughter Sharmin Ahmad (Reepi), second daughter Simeen Hussain (Rimi), youngest daughter Mahjabeen Ahmad (Mimi) and the only son Tanjim Ahmad (Sohel), Tajuddin has left countless admirers. The Founder Prime Minister and the protagonist of the Bangladesh liberation war, Tajuddin Ahmad, who had dedicated his heart and soul to serving humanity and building Bangladesh into a happy, prosperous and independent nation, left this world as a martyr. He lived his life with highest integrity, and offered
> his life for the people’s welfare. He never sought publicity nor media attention for himself. This selfless statesman who was endowed with brilliance, humility, courage and respect for people, irrespective of caste, creed or color was mercilessly killed by the enemies of the country’s liberation. Yet, there is no death of an ideal. Tajuddin is immortalized in the history of Bangladesh and Bengalee peoples’ Liberation through his noble works and glorious deeds.
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> Translation from Bangla by Muhammad Nurul Quadir (Freedom Fighter and Lawyer)
> Revised by Sharmin Ahmad. April 14, 2008.
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> Book sources:
> Tajuddin Ahmad: Itihasher Pata Theke. Edited by Simeen Hussain Rimi.Dhaka: Pratibhas,2000.
> Independence of Bangladesh in 266 Days:History and Documentary Evidence.Muhammad Nurul Quadir.Dhaka.Mukto Publishers,2004.
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> COURTESY OF http://banglapedia.org/HT/A_0121.HTM
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> Compilation: Our heroes, our pride, our four national leaders
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> Our heroes, our four national leaders-Syed Nazrul Islam, Acting President, Tajuddin Ahmed, Prime Minister, M Mansur Ali, Finance Minister and AHM Qamruzzaman, Minister for Home affairs, relief and rehabilitation were killed inside Dhaka Central Jail by a section of misguided soldiers inspired by defeated evil forces of darkness and  on this day November 3 of 1975.
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> Dear readers, my humble request to every single reader to rise above partisanship and all trivial differences and read the compilation below. Read to learn about our national leaders who lead the countries liberation to its final victory and made supreme sacrifice to uphold their belief but not giving up his honor.
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> Even if you do not share the same ideological path, share their value of remaining truthful what they believe in and not giving up their dignity when they faced the ultimate, the death.
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> On this day, I pay my homage and salute my fallen heroes of liberation and center of my inspiration along with Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman the father of the nation. I pray to my almighty creator and seek his divine blessing and forgiveness for all of our national leaders and millions of our loved ones who sacrificed their life for our country to be free and remain free.
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> I found some video link, which is remarkable imaging collection of facts about our national leader Tajuddin Ahmed, Prime Minister of our first provisional government during our glorious independence war. I wish I can collect video presentation about other national leaders who died on fateful night of November 3rd of 1975.
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> Sincerely yours
> Shamim Chowdhury
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> TAJUDDIN AHMED : AN UNSUNG HERO [PART 01]
> Video Link:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpzTCoUvkok 
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> TAJUDDIN AHMED : AN UNSUNG HERO [PART 02]
> Video Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbblQuf1ODk 
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> TAJUDDIN AHMED : AN UNSUNG HERO [part 03]
> Video Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3aKLLqjqOI 
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> Syed Nazrul Islam (1925 – 1975) was a Bangladeshi politician and a senior leader of the Awami League. During the Bangladesh Liberation War, he served as the acting President of Bangladesh in the absence of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
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> Early life
> Syed Nazrul Islam was born in 1925 at Jamodal Dampara in the Kishoreganj District of the province of Bengal . He obtained degrees in history and law from the University of Dhaka and was an active student political leader in the Muslim League. Syed captained his college's cricket and hockey teams and participated in the Pakistan movement. He entered the civil service of Pakistan in 1949 but resigned in 1951 to work as a professor of history at the Anandmohan College in Mymensingh, where he also practised law.
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> Political career
> Syed Nazrul's political career began when he joined the Awami Muslim League and participated in the Language Movement in 1952, for which he was arrested by Pakistani police. He would rise to various provincial and central party leadership positions, becoming a close confidante of the party's leader Sheikh Mujib. He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan in 1970, where he served briefly as deputy leader of the majority. Following the arrest of Mujib on March 25, 1971 by Pakistani forces, Syed escaped to Mujibnagar with other party leaders and proclaimed the independence of Bangladesh . Mujib was elected president of Bangladesh but Syed would serve as acting president, with Tajuddin Ahmed as prime minister. Syed played a key role in leading the nationalist cause, coordinating the Mukti Bahini guerrilla force and winning support from India and other nations.
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> After the independence of Bangladesh , Syed was appointed minister of industries, the deputy leader in parliament and a member of the constitution committee. When Mujib banned other political parties and assumed sweeping powers as president in 1975, Syed was appointed vice president and became a chief organiser of the BAKSAL party and Mujib loyalist groups.
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> Death
> Following the assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on 15 August 1975 Syed fled underground with other Mujib loyalists such as Tajuddin Ahmed, A. H. M. Qamaruzzaman and Muhammad Mansur Ali, but was ultimately arrested by the regime of the new president Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad. The four leaders were imprisoned in the Dhaka Central Jail and assassinated on November 3 under controversial and mysterious circumstances. This day is commemorated every year in Bangladesh by the Awami League as Jail Killing Day.
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> Tajuddin Ahmad (1925 - November 3, 1975) was a Bangladeshi politician who was one of the most prominent leaders of the Awami League. A statesman of a lofty magnitude he successfully headed the government at Mujibnagar during the Bangladesh Liberation War.He was instrumental in forming the first government of Peoples' Republic of Bangladesh on April 10, 1971.
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> Early life
> Tajuddin Ahmad was born in 1925 in the village of Dardaria in the Gazipur District of the province of Bengal (now in Bangladesh).He studied the Holy Quran and memorized it with the guidance from his father Moulavi Muhammad Yasin Khan. He passed his matriculation exam in first division while earning a twelfth position in merit list nationwide in 1944.He earned an impressive fourth position in high school exam in 1948 and obtained a bachelor of arts degree with honors in Economics from Dhaka University in 1953. He would also later obtain a law degree. As a student activist, Ahmad became active in the Muslim League and the Pakistan movement. He would later organise the student wing of the Awami Muslim League in 1949, joining Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy and Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
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> Political career
> Tajuddin Ahmad was an active organiser of protests and other activities during the Language Movement of 1952. He was arrested by police and imprisoned for several months. After his release, he was elected to the East Pakistan Provincial Assembly in 1954 but was arrested following the dismissal of the A. K. Fazlul Huq-led government. He would be arrested again following the imposition of martial law by Ayub Khan in 1958 after taking power in a military coup. Ahmed worked actively in the pro-democracy campaign led by the Awami League and other political parties in Pakistan . He organised protests against the arrest of Mujib in 1966 on charges of sedition. He participated at the round table conference in Rawalpindi convened by Ayub Khan to resolve the crisis between the government and the opposition parties. Following the restoration of democracy, he was elected member of the National Assembly of Pakistan in 1970.
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> Following the arrest of Mujib on March 25, 1971 by the Pakistan Army, and as the genocide of the helpless civilians began in the hands of the pakistan military,Ahmad organised a government-in-exile popularly known as the Mujibnagar government to win his nation freedom. Ahmad named the capital Mujibnagar,after Shaikh Mujibur Rahman.The oath taking ceremony of the first government of Bangladesh took place on the soil of Bangladesh ,in Meherpur,Kushtia on April 17,1971. As the first Prime Minister he led efforts to organise a guerrilla insurgency comprised of Bengali civilians and armed forces and win international support. During this period, Ahmad encounterd vehement intra party strifes led by khandokar Mushataq Ahmad who conspired to harm the national struggle for independence through a failed attempt to form a confederacy with pakistan . Among Ahmad's great diplomatic achievements were to win international support and recognition of Bangladesh as a
> sovereign nation by the government of India . After the independence of Bangladesh , Tajuddin Ahmad returned to Dhaka on 22 December 1971. In the subsequent cabinet formed under Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Ahmad was given charge of the ministries of finance and planning. He was also appointed member of the committee in charge of writing the Constitution of Bangladesh.
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> Assassination
> When Mujib assumed the title of president and banned other political parties in 1975, Ahmad opposed the forming of one party system known as BAKSAL. When Mujib was assassinated in by a group of army officers on 15 August 1975 Ahmad was house arreseted on the very same day.Later on August 22, he was arrested with other political leaders by the regime of the new president Khondaker Mostaq Ahmed and imprisoned at the Dhaka Central Jail. On November 3, in what became infamously known as the "Jail killings," Ahmad along with Syed Nazrul Islam, A. H. M. Qamaruzzaman and Muhammad Mansur Ali were killed by a group of army officers, by the direct instruction of Khondakar Mushtaq Ahmed. The recent release(March 25 2007) of a widely acclaimed documentary,Tajuddin Ahmad: An Unsung Hero(directed by Tanvir Mokammel)reflects a growing interest in the life anfd works of Tajuddin Ahmad.
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> Muhammad Mansur Ali (b. 1919 - d. 1975) was a Bangladeshi politician who was a close confidante of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding leader of Bangladesh . A senior leader of the Awami League, Mansur also served as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh in 1975.
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> Early life
> Muhammad Mansur Ali was born in the village of Kuripara , in the Kazipur Thana of Sirajganj District in the province of Bengal (now in Bangladesh ). Mansur pursued his education in Kolkata (then Calcutta ), graduating from the Islamia College (now Maulana Azad College ). He would pursue a M.A. degree in economics and law from the Aligarh Muslim University , the premier Islamic institution in India . During this period Mansur became an active member of the Muslim League, which under Muhammad Ali Jinnah demanded a separate Muslim state of Pakistan . A student leader, Mansur worked actively for the League throughout Bengal . He served as the vice-president of the Pabna District Muslim League from 1946 to 1950. After the creation of Pakistan in 1947, Mansur settled in what became East Pakistan . He would join the Pakistan Army, receive training at the cantonment at Jessore and attain the rank of army captain. Deciding to practise law, he enrolled in the
> Pabna District Court in 1951. test
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> Political career
> Rising to public prominence, Mansur was widely known as "Capt. Mansur." He left the Muslim League to join the newly-formed Awami Muslim League of A. K. Fazlul Huq and Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy. He would soon be elected member of the party's central executive committee and president of its Pabna District unit. Mansur was arrested by police in 1952 for helping to organise protests against the declaration of Urdu as the sole official language, in what became known as the Language Movement. Mansur and his party demanded that Bengali also receive recognition and the provinces be granted autonomy. After his release, Mansur was elected a member of the East Pakistan Legislative Assembly in 1954 as a candidate of the United Front alliance of various political parties. In the cabinet headed by Ataur Rahman Khan, Mansur served in different periods as the province's minister of law, parliamentary affairs, food, agriculture, commerce and industry. Mansur was
> re-arrested in the aftermath of the coup d'etat led by Ayub Khan, who became President of Pakistan and imposed martial law. He would remain incarcerated from 1958 to 1959.
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> Political Career
> Mansur Ali played an important role in the Six point movement led by the Awami League politician Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, who demanded substantial regional autonomy and opposed the military regime. Mansur was a key party organiser in the period when Mujib was arrested by the army. In the 1970 elections, he was elected a senior member of the legislative assembly. At the outbreak of the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971, Mansur went underground to organise a government in exile. Declaring the independence of Bangladesh , Mansur became the minister of finance in the Mujibnagar government. In this period, Mansur helped organise the guerrilla movement led by the Mukti Bahini and provide political leadership in the absence of Mujib, who had been arrested by Pakistani forces.
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> After the independence of Bangladesh , Mujib became the prime minister and appointed Mansur as the minister of communications and later home affairs. Mansur became a key political ally of Mujib and rose in importance as criticism and opposition to Mujib's regime increased. After the introduction of a one-party, presidential system in 1975, Mujib became the President of Bangladesh and assumed sweeping powers. Mansur was appointed the prime minister. He helped Mujib organise the Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League, the only legalised political party in the nation and served as its secretary-general. Mansur helped Mujib suppress political opposition, implement large-scale programmes under state socialism and organise a militia of political loyalists known as the Jatiyo Rakkhi Bahini, which was held responsible for the arrests, torturing and deaths of Mujib's opponents.
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> Death
> On August 15, 1975 Mujib was assassinated along with his family by a group of military officers. It is believed that the plot was masterminded by Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad, a disgruntled member of Mujib's regime who would become president. Mansur went into hiding immediately after the killing. When Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad invited Mujib loyalists such as Mansur Ali, Syed Nazrul Islam, A. H. M. Qamaruzzaman and Tajuddin Ahmad to join his government, the trio refused. They were arrested by the army on August 23, 1975. Refusing to support Khondaker's regime, they were murdered while incarcerated in the Dhaka Central Jail on November 3. At the time, Bangladesh was in political chaos as Khondaker's regime was overthrown by Mujib loyalist Brigadier Khaled Mosharraf, who in turn was overthrown by Colonel Abu Taher on November 7. Under the Indemnity Act issued by President Ziaur Rahman in 1978, the assassins were given immunity from prosecution. The murder case was
> finally opened in 1996 by the government of Sheikh Hasina Wajed, the daughter of Mujib. Three fugitive former army per­sonnel were sentenced to death and 12 former army personnel were awarded life term imprison­ment and five persons including four senior politicians were ac­quitted in the judgement of much talked about jail killing case.
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> Abul Hasnat Muhammad Qamaruzzaman (1926 - November 3, 1975) was a Bangladeshi politician, senior government minister and a leading member of the Awami League. A loyalist of Bangladesh's founding leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Qamaruzzaman was murdered along with Syed Nazrul Islam, Muhammad Mansur Ali and Tajuddin Ahmed in the infamous "jail killings" in Dhaka Central Jail on November 3, 1975.
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> Early life
> Qamaruzzaman was born in 1926 in the city of Rajshahi in the province of Bengal (now in Bangladesh ). He obtained degrees in economics from the University of Calcutta in 1946, and a law degree from the Rajshahi University in 1956. He began practising law after his induction in the Rajshahi District bar association. As a student, Qamaruzzaman became active in the Muslim League and worked for the Pakistan movement.
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>  Political career
> Qamaruzzaman joined the Awami League of Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy and Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in 1956. He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan in 1962, 1965 and again in 1970. He rose to national party leadership posts in the late 1960s, becoming a close ally of Mujib. During the Bangladesh Liberation War, Qamaruzzaman served as the minister of relief and rehabilitation in the provisional government of Bangladesh formed at Mujibnagar. After the creation of Bangladesh , he won election to the national parliament from Rajshahi in 1973. A minister in Mujib's cabinet, he resigned on January 18, 1974 to serve as president of the Awami League. In 1975, Qamaruzzaman was appointed minister of industries and a member of the executive committee of BAKSAL. He continued to support Mujib despite his assumption of dictatorial powers and a ban on all political parties except BAKSAL.
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> Death
> After the assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on August 15, 1975 Qamaruzzaman went underground with other Mujib loyalists. He was arrested by the regime of the new president Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad and imprisoned in the Dhaka Central Jail with Tajuddin Ahmed, Syed Nazrul Islam and Mansur Ali. These four senior Awami League politicians were killed under mysterious and controversial circumstances on November 3, even as a military coup led by Mujib loyalist general Khaled Mosharraf overthrew Khondaker Mostaq's regime.
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