" Can the so called intellectuals, artists and money makers compete with the honest, smart and educated Hindus in a democratic greater BD?? ...........................
very good question.
We will get amazing stories...if we would know more about " 100 top millionairres of Bangladesh".....
from 1990 - 2010 period!!!!!
khoda hafez.
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From: azizhuq@hotmail.com
Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2011 14:37:50 +0000
Subject: RE: [ALOCHONA] The Legal Frame Work Order 1970, etc.
As a person interested in the history of Bangladesh, I read this long posting with admiration. Who is this scholar writer Laurel (Larry) Chowdhury? Does not seem like his real name. I would like to pose a serious question to him, also to anyone who cares to think about this issue as follows:
The geopolitical history of the world is constantly changing. The area which is known as Bangladesh has changed many times in the past centuries. Whether we like it or not this is going to change. How soon no one knows. Will the next generation of Bengali speaking Muslims remain the citizens of Muslim Bangali country called Bangladesh or will form a part of a minority citizen of India? Or as a citizen of a greater democratic Bangladesh composed of today's Bangladesh, Bangla (India) and others?
Are the thinkers of BD ready for the change? We seem to react and never prepare. Being a part of India or greater BD may not be that bad for the average hard working populace but what about the people who have immensely benefited by the creation of BD? The seriously practicing Muslims may even welcome such a change. Islam came to this land at first in the areas which are now in WB. A democratic greater BD will not harm the Ulamas, Sheikhs and the common practicing Muslim men and women. Can the socalled intellectuals, artists and money makers compete with the honest, smart and educated Hindus in a democratic greater BD?
> From: bdmailer@gmail.com
> Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2011 08:38:10 +0600
> Subject: [ALOCHONA] The Legal Frame Work Order 1970, etc.
>
> The Legal Frame Work Order 1970, etc.
>
> Laurel (Larry) Chowdhury from U.S.A.
>
> Please be patient to read this long note as it is vivid and some
> relevant issues are discussed. It is a result of some foolish
> arguments that I have seen at NFB lately among the readers and
> contributors. After handling the terrible guy I was dismayed with the
> comparison chart of Diganto Ray as a reply to Abid Bahar.
>
> The questions posed therein are logical for every Hindu or
> Hindu-minded person. Invariably such persons are not secular other
> than using a secular jacket. I am pointing to Diganto Ray that 12%
> Hindu voters of Bangladesh went for AL during the voting period since
> 1970. During 1954 election Hindus of the then East Pakistan played the
> same role. They look for shelter under a political umbrella as the
> Muslims of India always looked for under the Congress Party until
> 1991. All Hindus are in the same boat of AL (election symbol as well
> for AL) and, thus, sweep absolute vote of this minority group in
> Bangladesh.
>
> Bangladesh was not designed to be a Mujib style secular country.
> Rather it was mandated for Islamic Republic of Pakistan as Mujib
> signed the Legal Frame Work Order in 1970 before going for election
> campaign on January 01, 1970 for the October 05, 1970 election. This
> date was later on August 15, 1970 changed to December 07, 1970 due to
> the flood situation in the then East Pakistan.
>
> The Legal Frame Work Order clearly stated that as a participant every
> political party and their leaders including the party workers and
> members must integrate with the integrity of Pakistan. Thus, it was
> clear that no political party can divert the official name of Pakistan
> as it was proclaimed on March 23, 1956 as Islamic Republic of
> Pakistan. Therefore, the country needed a constitution for the third
> time that must reflect the official name of the country having
> democracy and the rights of the minorities. In fact, the Legal Frame
> Work Order was constructed by Justice A. R. Cornelius (a Punjabi
> Christian), an advisor to Yahya Khan. Of course Cornelius was the
> "Bottle Partner" of Yahya at the evenings.
>
> These two Punjabi fellows were the friends from their childhood. Yahya
> emerged to the throne through a virtual coup aided by Ayub Khan
> himself on March 25, 1969. Since then Cornelius came to the front line
> in the press. He brought all the guidelines of Legal Frame Work Order
> by his choice reflecting the rights of the minorities.
>
> Thus, Yahya noted in his June 28, 1969 Radio broadcast to the then
> nation that Pakistan will go for democracy on the basis for ONE MAN
> (PERSON) ONE VOTE and the format would be British type parliamentary
> democracy. This declaration also ensured political activities (was
> banned on March 25, 1969 with the Martial Law enforcement) in the
> country to be resumed from January 01, 1970 for the October 05, 1970
> election. A. R. Cornelius was responsible to assure all the points of
> the Legal Frame Work Order than Yhya Khan although Yahya was the
> initial architect of it. The bottom line is that Mujib signed in this
> order and agreed to assure the integrity of Pakistan by all means.
>
> Since Yahya and gang did not transfer power to Mujib following the
> election results and postponed the National Assembly meeting
> (scheduled for March 03, 1971) on March 01, 1971 through a radio
> broadcast news at 12:00 noon, immediately general consensus of the
> people of the then East Pakistan burst in the form of nationwide
> strikes that did not end officially until the crackdown of the
> Pakistani Army on March 25th night (1971). Nevertheless, the secession
> movement was not in the agenda for AL. Secularism was also not in the
> agenda for AL.
>
> Almost overnight AL turned to be a secular party as soon as Bangladesh
> emerged. The first announcement came from the Delhi center of All
> India Radio (Akash Baani) with the regular news hour around 7:30 p.m.
> (Dhaka time then). This radio station announced without any authority
> of the Bangladesh personnel that Bangladesh is a secular country and
> its currency became equal to the India Rupee. This idiotic and nose
> poking announcement irritated nearly seven million Bangladeshis living
> inside the country. The refugees of Bangladesh were a few and did not
> have any say as most of these chunks were Hindus and favored Akash
> Baani Kaa Pancharangi Aur Karikrom (program of All India Radio).
>
> No matter how much you scream and argue with the compatriots, Diganto
> Roy, you'll never get upper hand beyond the support of the people.
> Bangladesh is not a puppet of India. Secularism is not pro-Indian.
> Remember Bangladesh or Pakistan both were designed to be secular with
> the majority population being Muslims as India is designed to be a
> secular country with the majority being Hindus. Exactly this analogy
> Mohammad Ali Jinnah proposed which is known today to the communal
> Hindus as the two-Nation Theory. Jinnah wanted Pakistan to be a
> secular country having Muslims as the majority.
>
> But his successors made it Islamic Republic. This is a short-sighted
> view of these successors. There was no long term plan for Jinnah on
> this mission as J. L. Nehru had for modern India. Today, Bangladesh is
> not Islamic Republic but it is designed to be a secular having Muslims
> as the majority.
>
> The underlying problem is that the Hindus of Bangladesh are unable to
> bear the fact that the Muslims of Bangladesh can rule themselves.
> These Hindus brought outsiders throughout the ages and accepted as
> their Head of the State.
>
> For example, the Palaa (or Pals) or the Senas (or Sens) before the
> Turkish general Ikhtiayr Mohammed Bakhtiyar Khilji came in 1204 were
> brought to the throne by the local Hindus of the Bengali-speaking
> lands. It constituted present West Bengal, Tripura, and some part of
> Assam (Kamrup) and Meghalaya in modern India including present
> Bangladesh. In those days most of the Eastern part of this combined
> land used to be called as Vanga or Banga.
>
> The North-Western past was Barendra (North-West and some southern
> districts such as Rajshahi, Maldaha, Murshidabad, Dinajpur, Rangpur,
> Bogra, etc.) and Rarh (modern day Birbhum, Bankura, and some parts of
> Burdwan district). Vanga (or Banga) was the dominating land by all
> means. Anyway, the capital of Palas and Senas were in the modern day
> West Bengal at the bank of the River Bhagirathi.
>
> The Palas and Senas were brought to the land from outside the soil as
> the new leader. The Hindus preferred to happen like this. Palas were
> Buddhists and came from Central-Western India while the Senas were
> Hindus and came from Southern India, particularly from modern day
> Karnataka. Some historians say that they came from modern Chennai
> (Tamil Nadu) or Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh) areas.
>
> Nevertheless, these Palas and then Senas were powerful enough to rule
> the majority people who spoke Bengali, as it was emerging as the new
> language. Sanskrit by then phased out and Bengali was getting
> structured. In many parts Sanskrit used to be a written language. Of
> course Pali and Prakrit both were near dead like Sanskrit as all these
> three gave the light of Bengali language.
>
> Both the Palas and Senas learnt the language as did the Hanovar
> dynasty (ancestor of Elizabeth II) in modern U.K. It is a Hindu
> character to salute the powerful one, and if necessary they begin to
> worship. This is demonstrated in their social practice or cult. Thus,
> the Hindus worship tiger, lion, snake (serpent), monkey (as saved
> Sita), elephant, etc. Even these animals became humans in their myths.
> Serpents or tigers or lions are garlanded in many of their ceremonies.
>
> This worshipping character has led outsiders to invade the soil. Palas
> were followed by the Senas, and then followed by the Turks. Just see
> only 17 horse-men were enough to overthrow a kingdom in 1204. The last
> Sen (Lakshman son of Ballal) fled away through the rear door and
> crossed the River Bhagirathi toward south and never been traced. Today
> Hindus have the same character and shows that with more trickery as
> they have achieved the technology in the modern world.
>
> But their tradition of learning (particularly by the Brahmins) kept
> them alive and made them the ruling figures. Only 5% Brahmins rule
> entire India. The Muslims of Bangladesh are primarily the descendent
> of the Hindus. A little amount of foreign blood has penetrated to the
> soil.
>
> Let us look back to the history of the Hindus as called by the Arabs
> and Persians in the pre-Islamic days. Hidus were good in Astronomy and
> Mathematics. Contributions are remarkable. Ramanujam (Ramanujan) is a
> revered person of the 20th century as a remarkable Mathematician died
> in 1919 at the age of only 32. His algorithm or expression for pi (ð,
> ratio of circumference to the diameter of a circle) is the closest
> yielding value using modern computers. Despite having massive
> contributions in literature and mathematics the Hindus formed a coward
> nation on the earth. This is because their created faith or cult is
> based on unrealistic objects installed by humans.
>
> Thus, J. L. Nehru found much of it as unrealistic and described as a
> social practice rather than a religion. Buddhism or Jainism or
> Zarathushtraism (Zoroostrianism) have some realistic configurations in
> terms of worshipping. The Hindus when followed Buddhism or Jainism
> they made these religions according to their own way of practicing
> them. Thus, these two religions have more Hindu influenced objects.
>
> But this is not the case of the outside Buddhists as many of them came
> from Central Asia and some of them were Turks by descent as were
> Harshabardhan and his forefathers in Peshawar (used to be called
> during 7th century Purushshpur) of modern Pakistan. Similar origin
> traces to the Palas. Senas were the warrior class of Hindus from
> Karnataka. But their Hinduism was different that those practiced in
> the Bengali-speaking land. Nevertheless, Senas learnt a new culture
> and contributed to the soil by giving up their traditions and adopting
> new traditions.
>
> The Turks felt outsider at the outset but quickly got accustomed to
> the local culture and got amalgamated with the Hindus and Buddhists.
> They were welcomed chiefly by the Buddhists. These Buddhists were
> cornered by the Senas because of their ousting the Palas and admixed
> with the feeling of Shakar Acharya – the great communal ever the Hindu
> soil produced in the 8th century. The Buddhists got new life with the
> new horse-men of Turkish origin.
>
> These new people gave shelter to them. At the same time Buddhists
> adopted the religion imported by the Turks. This new religion became
> the ruling class' religion and the number began to grow quickly with
> the auto-conversion process. The Turks never got into the conversion
> process but the Buddhists adopted their religion and became their fast
> friends. Later the Hindus joined with the ruling class and began to
> get converted.
>
> Today, invariably we are all Bangladeshis. But in the soil has ISLAM
> as the majority followers than other world religions. It is a proven
> fact that AL tied with the pro-Soviet fashionable leftists and merged
> for several purposes. It was seen with the DUCSU (Dacca University
> Central Students Union) election in 1973 that Ismet Kadir Gama merged
> with Mujahidul Islam Selim's group to obtain the throne. Unfortunately
> the ballots were hijacked by Lieutenant Sheikh Kamal's group for most
> of the Halls at gun point. The chance for this group was a losing
> ground to the JaSaD backed Chhatra League (blessed by A. S. M. Rob and
> Shahjahan Siraj).
>
> In those days JaSaD was getting rival to Sheikh Mujib and gave
> candidates in 225 constituencies out of 300 constituencies during
> March 07, 1973 election. Nevertheless, it was a losing party but also
> blessed by Sri-Janab Tajuddin Ahmed through the back-door. This was
> one of the reasons as why Sheikh Mujib fired him from the cabinet in
> September 1974. Tajuddin ans Sheikh were never been friends since then
> although Tajuddin's killing appeared as pro-Mujib killing.
>
> During those early days of Bangladesh, the Hindu students were always
> behind these two political parties (AL and pro-Soviet fashionable
> leftists). These leftists consisted of the supporters of Moni Singh –
> Communist Party of Bangladesh and Muzaffar Ahmed - NAP (National Awami
> Party). Today these so-called leftists are taking shelter under
> Hasina's AL and supports detrimental Hartals. Hasina started series of
> Hartals during 1991-1996 periods and kept going even when she was in
> the throne.
>
> This reckless beast-like leader has no interest in the country other
> than enjoying the power and monetary benefits and creating chaos with
> foreign support. She talks baseless as her father used to do. Mujib is
> a known false promise maker. This stupid leader told the nation in
> 1972 on many occasions in the vote campaign (for 1973 election) that
> dui bochhor kono kichhui dibaar parbo naa (cannot give anything for
> two years).
>
> This idiot could not give or do anything within two years other than
> exhibiting stupidity and idiocy. His legacy is being carried by his
> daughter. It is a shame that Bangladesh has displayed two stupid women
> as the leaders. The present woman is engaged in showing here sharees
> (saris) and Hisina is engaged showing herself as a religious person.
> These two fake Muslims are nothing but hypocrites by their utterances
> and behavior. They have demonstrated such behavior in the public
> arena. Bangladesh needs new leader(s).
>
> Hasina has good connection with India. She and her husband Wajed Mia
> lived in India for a number of years. Ershad installed Wajed in the
> Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission. Hasina was sent to Dhaka in May
> 1981 by India as a test. Within two weeks Ziaur Rahman was killed. At
> that time Bangladesh was handling with the New Moore Island
> (Bangladesh calls Dakshin Talpatty) at the Haribhanga River. Wajed was
> a so-called researcher in Nuclear Physics India (Delhi). If he has
> done research what was that about? Actually fed the family and made
> them a better quality puppet as did for Kader Siddiky. Ershad
> maintained a good working relation with India as he came to the throne
> with the blessing of the Indian corner.
>
> Immediately AL supported Ershad's arrival on March 23, 1982. Ershad
> ousted Abdus Sattar, an elected President and jeopardized the
> democratic process and gradually tried to uproot Ziaur Rahman's
> political platform. He did not try to damage AL. Today criminal Ershad
> walks freely, and because of him these two stupid housewives (or
> women) entered in the political scenario.
>
> If this criminal would not have screamed for sharing the power in the
> civilian administration as the Chief of the Army with A. Sattar and M.
> N. Huda, country's situation would have been much different today.
> Ershad vowed to become Vice President and the Chief of Army
> concurrently as Huda threatened to step down repeatedly. As soon as
> Huda stepped down, Sattar appointed Mohammadullah (another recorded
> criminal, financially corrupt, and opportunist) as the Vice President.
> Immediately next day early morning, Ershad ousted Satter by driving
> him out from the Bangabhaban by an automobile. Poor Sattar never spoke
> in the public domain until his death in 1985.
>
> He refused to talk to the journalists and did not disclose the reason
> for the bloodless coup led by Ershad. He saw election in November 1981
> which involved tax-payer's money, and constantly vowed to be a
> de-facto President or Vice President of the country. This is similar
> to Ayub Khan's disposition as he was taken in the cabinet for the
> Defense Ministry at the recommendation of Iskander Mirza in 1956.
> Criminal Ershad did not bother to destroy a democratic institution of
> the country.
>
> He was the architect of corrupted foundation in the country. He broke
> the system one by one and in a systematic manner. But his plan failed
> when people made an uprising in 1991. His ousting was also cruel as
> the country entered once again into lawlessness. Ershad developed a
> corrupted mechanism for all walks of life. This criminal accorded
> bribe system for every foreign purchase. For example buying three
> defunct DC-10 in 1984 involved a chunk of bribed money that fed
> several families of the organization including Ershad's well wishers.
> This was the beginning of the massive corruption in foreign purchases.
> Hasina continued to do so when dealt with Mig for the impoverished
> nation. Where are those Migs?
>
> Once upon a time in April 1978 Ziaur Rahman competed with M. A. G.
> Osmani. But they were good friends during 1971-1975 periods. Osmani
> was instrumental to place Ziaur Rahman as the Chief of Staff of the
> Army in August 1975 displacing idiot-cum-munafekin Shafiullah.
> Eventually Osmani went against Ziaur Rahman seeing primarily his
> ambition after November 1975. AL had the radar with solid leadership
> if they would have searched within themselves. Unfortunately criminals
> of AL chose Hasina, the housewife, possessing Bichitra level sound
> knowledge as the new leader for the country's one of the leading
> political party.
>
> The other woman is so fashionable being a widow that it is quite
> impossible to comprehend that this woman is a widow by a Bangladeshi
> standard using cult and history. Of course this housewife is one of
> the multi-millionaires in the country while her husband left only
> 2,000 Taka in the bank at the time of his killing on May 30, 1981. It
> is true that within the next few months Satter allocated plentiful of
> compensation for the family's standing. Legend says that the family
> got crores of Takas as compensation during Satter's time.
>
> What we see today for this woman? Is she a saint though performed Hajj
> several times including Umrah? Same question poses to Hasina too.
> Performing Hajj for these two women is nothing but the Hajj for known
> the thieves thugs. Today these individuals are our leaders but the
> public like Abid Bahar and Diganto Roy are debating how much ISLAM is
> being imposed or practiced in the country? Why don't we debate how
> much hypocrites are formed in our country since December 16, 1971?
>
> I feel that every Friday if each Masjid is gheraoed (cordoned) in
> Bangladesh chink of thieves, criminals, thugs, corrupts, etc. can be
> filtered easily from the rest of the society. Many of these Friday
> Masjid goers possess anti-Islamic qualities. Diganto Roy, you need to
> talk along the line without showing your Hindu fanaticism and bringing
> examples of India. Can you filter the country today to get a class of
> people who would work for the country? Why do you support AL? Is it
> not known to you that this party is top of the line corrupt party? Of
> course BNP is no different than AL. Since you love AL then mention
> about the thieves, thugs, criminals, etc. of that party so that they
> can clean up those people from the party. Suggest the same for each
> political party.
>
> Bangladesh constitution has nothing wrong but the individuals have
> exploited it according to their interest. AL does not understand
> socialism. It likes to talk about socialism. Did Mujib understand what
> socialism could be? He was the champion of Democracy, Socialism,
> Secularism, and Nationalism of Bangladesh. Did he understand democracy
> or nationalism? He signed the Legal Frame Work Order in 1970 and
> became an elected member of Pakistan's National Assembly in 1970. How
> does he talk about the so-called secularism? Was secularism in his
> agenda to get the vote from the people of united Pakistan (it was East
> Pakistan for him being a regional leader within Pakistan)?
>
> Sheikh Mujib had no teaching for the people. He had no doctrine other
> than looting, arsons, raping, hartals, property damage, etc. His
> democracy was killed in the infancy when that lost the direction on
> January 24, 1975. The constitution was abrogated and modified by him,
> and then consolidated the power as President leaving the Prime
> Minister's responsibility. He appointed a so-called Prime Minister,
> Monsur Ali – the corrupt, as a show piece democratic symbol. He had no
> view of socialism for the country. He did not know what it was. He
> heard about it from the so-called progressive people. He though he was
> a champion of implementing this icon in the country. He did not know
> that Britain was the first socialistic country that adopted changes to
> reform the society in late 19th century following the publication of
> Das Kapital of Karl Marx. This book came out from the London Museum.
> Mujib had no concept about nationalism. He just uttered and did not
> comprehend the consequence. Just to please some Hindus of the country
> as well as India he introduced nationalism within his frame work. He
> did not understand Pakistani nationalism too. His utterance was
> BANGALEE just to gain voters as a number for which he had no passion
> or meaning.
>
> Thus, he generated JOY BANLA as a slogan just to gain votes in 1970.
> He felt that he was BANGALEE in the speeches to gain cheap popularity
> so that the ballot becomes heavier. But he did not know what to do
> with this nationalistic WORD. After March 25, 1971 his followers did
> not come forward to resist the Pakistani killers and rapists.
> Bhashani's followers first came sometime during early April in some
> parts of the country putting some resistance. That is why Bhashani
> fled to India although he was not a good India lover.
>
> These fellows were branded as BENGALEE NATIONALISTS by the Radio
> Australia which was quoted by BBC and then VOA. Common people used to
> listen to these radio centers and felt comfortable that the country
> was resisting. Actually AL workers did not fight at all. The AL
> workers were primarily criminals, goons, thugs, looters, and touts.
> The real fighting against the Pakistan Army was done by the true
> patriots and common people who had no political color. Particularly
> those who lost their relatives – nearly each of these families
> produced massive freedom fighters. But make no mistake that Hindus
> were not the fore runners. These Hindus were mostly opportunists and
> lived in India peacefully. They tried to take the advantage of the
> situation in the post-liberation days.
>
> Let me mention about "JIJIYA" tax. The word is not JIJIRA. It was
> imposed during Aurangazeb's time. This tax is imposed many times in
> the history if this tax money is used for well being of the minorities
> in a Muslim majority nation. In fact the meaning of JIJIYA is taken
> otherwise as it is applied to the non-Muslims. Remember, the
> non-Muslims do not pay any other tax if they pay JIJIYA tax. This tax
> money is supposed to be spent only for the no-Muslims' well being and
> for their interest. If additional tax is charged then it is a crime.
>
> To the best of my knowledge Aurangazeb introduced it around 1675 when
> Shivaji and his son Shamvuji were launching harassment against his
> administration. Shivaji and Shamvuji carried this message as a
> communal chapter for the Hindus of Maharashtra (exclusively Marathis).
> This was the triggering point of communalism between Hindus and
> Muslims. This situation partly divided the Moghol Army. Aurangazeb was
> betrayed by the Army many times as Shivaji was able to flee away in
> 1678 inside a cargo box of mangoes being sent from Gwalior to a
> village near Pune (Poona) in Maharashtra. Aurangazeb changed the Army
> personnel several times but did not get favorable result. However, he
> did not compromise for withdrawal of this tax from the Hindus. It is
> the matter of interpretation which led to a communal view.
>
> If JIJIYA tax is evaluated for the non-Muslims it clearly implements
> the benefits for the non-Muslims only with that money. Remember,
> Aurangazeb's Hindostan (in Persian) or Hindosthan (in Indian
> Sanskritized languages) was having Hindu majority whereas Muslims were
> the size of a peanut in the 17th century. Since Aurangazeb was a
> stupid leader for Delhi administration who possessed suspicion for
> every person due to his nature capturing the throne, he could not
> compromise for his implementation.
>
> This misunderstanding propagated among the Marathis largely by the
> Shivaji followers after his death in 1681. His son Shamvuji continued
> this communal feeling at a large scale until his death in 1698. It
> kept continuing by other followers of Shivaji and Shamvuji at every
> corner of Hindostan of Aurangazeb. Therefore, Hindus began to view
> JIJIYA as a SPECIAL kind of excess tax for the non-Muslims. This is an
> erroneous concept, Diganto Roy. As a Western resident every one pays
> tax regularly but it is not distinguished for the expenditure on the
> basis of religion. Thus, no one sees JIJIYA tax. It is my best
> presumption that such a confusing term will not be implemented in
> Bangladesh as the people are basically not hardliners of Islam or any
> religion.
>
> In continuation of our heritage, I would like to draw that Dhaka city
> was not born in 1606. I have no idea where Rokaya Azam got this
> information. I suggest that you go to Shakhari Patti (Bazar) or
> Sadarghat or Islampur oer Wiseghat or Buckland Band or Nawabpur Road
> and find out how many buildings were built before 1606. Also go to
> Lalbagh areas and find old buildings that are still standing.
>
> Let me note about a few roads in Dacca. Islampur Road was named after
> Governor (Subedar) Islam Khan. It was constructed much earlier but
> named after him. Legend says that he used DHAAK (drum) to declare the
> capital city in Dhaka. Since the sound of that drum was very loud, it
> is presumed that the word Dhaka was coined at that time. But this is
> not true as Dhaka town was already existed then to at least over 20
> square miles.
>
> Let me go slightly further back in history. Issa Khan created
> Sonargaon as capital of Bengal. Actually Mansingh fought with Issa
> Khan there around 1576. Legend says that Issa Khan did not consider
> Dhaka as a capital place because it was unsafe for the intruders.
> Therefore, he decided Sonargaon which had island like feature and
> provided better protection. This situation was similar to the palace
> of Tipu Sultan in Deccan. Tipu Sultan was killed due to the betrayal
> of the local Hindus (not Muslims) who showed how to reach at his
> palace. Usually Muslims are the betrayers in many cases in the Indian
> sub-continent such as Mir Jaffor Ali Khan.
>
> In fact, history of Dhaka traces around 13th century but no one could
> say the exact date. For example Nawabpur Road is likely to be at least
> 500 years old. The residents in that area were the famous MUSLIN
> makers. In that area today many families live with the last name
> BASAK. Their ancestors used to make MUSLIN once. Their forefathers
> suffered with chopping off the hands by the British civilized people.
>
> This was done in late 18th and early 19th century by the lieutenants
> of the brutal British administration sitting in Calcutta. These
> bastards implemented INDIGO culture nearly at no cost at the banks of
> Bhagirathi, Ganga, Padma, and branches of Padma Rivers. Today in the
> Nawabpur Road area some names of the roads are seen such as Madan
> Mohan Basak Road, Jadunath Basak Lane, etc. etc. These people are the
> ancesters of the present residents.
>
> Today many of these people living as professionals such as Professors,
> Engineers, Physicians, businessmen, etc. The Basaks of Dhaka are one
> of the ancient families living in the heart of the city. Many other
> families in Shakhari Patti, Tanti Bazar, and adjoining areas are also
> very old families in terms of their history. The making of SHANKHA is
> not new as it is used for every married Hindu woman. It is destroyed
> only when the husband of a Hindu woman dies. The Tanti Bazar is known
> as one of the oldest areas of Dhaka city where several families once
> lived but many of them have been scattered due to economic reasons as
> they have adopted other professions. The TANT (handloom) is one of the
> oldest architecture of Dhaka.
>
> The description may be found in J. L. Nehru's book (Glimpses of World
> History). Stupid British Queen known as VICTORIA had a MUSLIN which
> passed through her ring. This gift was a stolen item from Dhaka after
> chopping off the hands of the makers and made public in Britain that
> British artificial silk has captured the Indian Market replacing the
> MUSLIN. Along with several so-called rebels of 1857 several other
> innocent people were hanged without food or water in the trees at the
> so-called VICTORIA PARK – which is today called Bahadur Shah Park. The
> British bastards killed those innocent people in the name of their
> Western civilization.
>
> I urge the publicity makers at NFB to visit our capital city and
> discover the age of this city. Moghol chose this as the capital by
> abandoning Sonargaon which was the capital of Issa Khan. Bengal was
> captured following the death of Issa Khan in 1599 and Moghol soldiers
> reached near Sadarghat terminal area around 1601. Islam Khan came in
> 1606 as the Governor of the new province which was a country under
> Issa Khan. Therefore, 1606 is not the birth year of Dhaka.
>
> Please try to understand that Dhaka is one of the ancient cities in
> the sub-continent. When Lahore became capital of Hindostan under
> Emperor Janhangir (with de-facto ruler Nurjahan alias Mehr-un-Nesa) in
> 1612 at that time Dhaka was the provincial capital and far advanced
> than Lahore. Due to the capital status of Lahore, Jahangir re-built
> Lahore with a bunch of buildings. At that time Shakahari Patti
> (Bazar), Tanti Bazar, Nawabpur Road areas were existing as the
> civilized town.
>
> Emperor Jahangir came to Dhaka in 1611 with his battalion and landed
> at the bank of Burhiganga near Sadarghat where East Bengal High School
> is. Jahangir lectured to the local people there and then was taken on
> the horse cart via Islampur Road to the official house of Islam Khan.
> Legend says that Jahangir stayed for about a week in Dhaka. At that
> time Jahangir wanted to rename this town as JAHANGIRNAGAR. The then
> Pakistan Government used Jahangirnagar and tried to establish as an
> alternate name in many documents of the then East Pakistan. Today
> Jahangirnagar University is an example of reviving the same name and
> exists since 1970.
>
> Have you ever visited old Dhaka? Today's buildings of Collegiate
> School, Pogose School, Muslim High School, Kishoree Lal Jubilee
> School, etc. in that area are the oldest buildings and built before
> 1606. Have a look there as they are falling apart like the Clive House
> in Calcutta. In the old Dhaka Patla Khan Lane exists near North Brooke
> Hall Road. This lane was once used as a horse cart plying road but
> today a mere lane. The Pathan Patla Khan used to live there once after
> he emigrated there during the early Moghol era. Dhaka is carrying
> legends of several icons.
>
> Today's generation, that is, out of 12 million populations only a
> small cross-section (perhaps 1 million) is only pure residents of
> Dhaka and staying there for centuries. The rest have polluted the city
> since 1947. But the actual pollution began after 1971 with the
> non-Dhaka residents.
>
> The old residents have several graveyards within Dhaka city where
> outsiders are not allowed to bury bodies. These graveyards are the
> family graveyards situated within the heart of the city. Modern
> residents of Dhaka living in the multi-storied buildings do not
> comprehend that Dhaka was not theirs ever before. The old residents
> today are persecuted and often driven out from their ancestor's homes
> as they have become poor. Simple economics work for those families.
>
> In this context let me clarify about some of the cities of the
> sub-continent. Madras was established around 1639 by the British for
> doing business in the south. During 1662 Bombay was established by the
> British as they got the land piece from the Dutch Royal family as
> dowry when Charles II (son of beheaded Charles I) of Britain got
> married to the Dutch Royal family. Charles I was beheaded by Oliver
> Cromwell in 1649 and founded modern Parliamentary Democracy in
> Britain. After the death of Oliver Cromwell in 1658, his son was
> installed as Prime Minister but did not survive too long. In 1661 the
> British Parliament felt the absence of a King, and then they brought
> young Charles II in the throne then. Around 1690, Job Charnock
> established the city of Calcutta in Sutanati village along the bank of
> Bhagirathi. At that time Rabindranath's forefathers used to live in
> Jessore, currently near Bangladesh Border.
>
> Rabindranath's great grandfather became the resident of Calcutta near
> Jorasanko around 1785. So-called Prince Dwarakanath Tagore's great
> grandfather was known as the first English-speaker Bengali-speaking
> person around 1765. He helped later Warren hastings to lean Bengali
> and translated documents for the British. He served as a puppet for
> the British and earned a lot of money including landed properties at
> various parts along both the sides of the River Bhagirathi.
>
> This person conspired with the Maharaja Krishna Chandra of
> Krishnanagar (currently in Nadia district of West Bengal) against
> Siraj-ud-dowla to install the British. This person was anti-Muslim
> then like Maharaja Krishna Chandra. However, Krishna Chandra liked the
> Muslims those who were converted from Hindus. In fact he distributed
> lands around 1760 including this Tagore (who Anglicized his name then)
> to the Muslims who were converted to Islam. Such Muslims are indebted
> to Krishna Chandra.
>
> Thus, history evaluates Krishna Chandra as a nice person on one hand
> and as a traitor on another hand. Exactly this character was played by
> this Tagore as he was a bosom friend of Krishna Chandra. By that time
> This Tagore's grandfather began living in Nadia district and got
> acquainted with the ruling class people. In fact this Tagore is the
> ancestor of the Jorasanko Tagore family as well as the Pathurighata
> Tagore family.
>
> Getting back to Madras, how it picked Chennai as the old name only the
> Hindus of Tamil Nadu can tell. They claim that Chennai is the old name
> of Madras. If this is so, then why British had to structure this city?
> Similarly the Marathis claim that Mumbai is the original name of
> Bombay. Then how the pronunciation Mumbai comes as the local name
> while this was a vacant land in 1662 where Dutch landed for possible
> business function. Shahjahan allowed this landing of the Dutch around
> 1630 but remained barren until 1662 when British became the proprietor
> through the Dutch.
>
> All strange names we hear today that competes with the pronunciation
> of DHAKA that was established by Ershad around 1984. Chennai or Mumbai
> came well after Dhaka was properly spelled. The Indians learnt how to
> change the British spelled names in ENGLISH.
>
> After that Calcutta came in 1690, when Job Charnock was wandering
> around the River Bhagirathi for a vacant land to build a factory that
> used British technology using local raw materials. He was not sure
> what factory it should be. He decided to capture a piece of land in
> Sutanati adjacent to the River Bhagirathi for better navigation around
> 1675. He began constructing buildings and the factory, presumably
> using handloom for making clothes. However, Job Charnock became very
> much familiar with the local people and learnt Bengali soon.
>
> Also he found a Brahmin girl as his mistress who produced three
> daughters. Eventually he declared to name the formation of a city in
> 1690 when considerable brick houses were built in Sutanati by removing
> thatched houses. The name Calcutta has a legend from "Kaal Kaata" when
> asked by a British working for Job Charnock for the name of the local
> place (Sutanati) to a farmer who did not know ENGLISH. This farmer
> understood the query about his hay as when cut and replied as Kaal
> Kaata (cut yesterday) in a distorted Bengali that was pronounced as
> Calcutta by the British since then until recently renamed as Kolikata.
>
> My purpose of talking about Lahore, Madras, Bombay, and Calcutta is to
> note that Dhaka is much older than these cities in the sub-continent.
> Only Delhi or Agra or Gwalior can match the history in a parallel
> manner. During the arrival of Zahiruddin Babar in Delhi in 1526, Dhaka
> was a small town famous for handloom, MUSLIN. Nasrat Shah was the
> Sultan then in Gour (near Rajshahi). Today Gour is a decayed place
> like Paharpur or Mainamati.
>
> Finally, I suggest that it is better to dig out correct history before
> spreading fake events. First, it is essential to know who declared
> Dhaka as a city in 1606. Is it a true statement? Nevertheless, we
> should be proud of our history. When time comes, I'll try to foucus
> other issues including the events of 1971. As Abid Bahar suggested the
> event of 1971 is known to all of us, yet I feel I may need to give
> some facts about the Pakistanis.
>
> Laurel (Larry) Chowdhury from U.S.A.
>
> http://www.bangladesh-web.com/view.php?hidRecord=24171
>
>
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From: azizhuq@hotmail.com
Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2011 14:37:50 +0000
Subject: RE: [ALOCHONA] The Legal Frame Work Order 1970, etc.
As a person interested in the history of Bangladesh, I read this long posting with admiration. Who is this scholar writer Laurel (Larry) Chowdhury? Does not seem like his real name. I would like to pose a serious question to him, also to anyone who cares to think about this issue as follows:
The geopolitical history of the world is constantly changing. The area which is known as Bangladesh has changed many times in the past centuries. Whether we like it or not this is going to change. How soon no one knows. Will the next generation of Bengali speaking Muslims remain the citizens of Muslim Bangali country called Bangladesh or will form a part of a minority citizen of India? Or as a citizen of a greater democratic Bangladesh composed of today's Bangladesh, Bangla (India) and others?
Are the thinkers of BD ready for the change? We seem to react and never prepare. Being a part of India or greater BD may not be that bad for the average hard working populace but what about the people who have immensely benefited by the creation of BD? The seriously practicing Muslims may even welcome such a change. Islam came to this land at first in the areas which are now in WB. A democratic greater BD will not harm the Ulamas, Sheikhs and the common practicing Muslim men and women. Can the socalled intellectuals, artists and money makers compete with the honest, smart and educated Hindus in a democratic greater BD?
> From: bdmailer@gmail.com
> Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2011 08:38:10 +0600
> Subject: [ALOCHONA] The Legal Frame Work Order 1970, etc.
>
> The Legal Frame Work Order 1970, etc.
>
> Laurel (Larry) Chowdhury from U.S.A.
>
> Please be patient to read this long note as it is vivid and some
> relevant issues are discussed. It is a result of some foolish
> arguments that I have seen at NFB lately among the readers and
> contributors. After handling the terrible guy I was dismayed with the
> comparison chart of Diganto Ray as a reply to Abid Bahar.
>
> The questions posed therein are logical for every Hindu or
> Hindu-minded person. Invariably such persons are not secular other
> than using a secular jacket. I am pointing to Diganto Ray that 12%
> Hindu voters of Bangladesh went for AL during the voting period since
> 1970. During 1954 election Hindus of the then East Pakistan played the
> same role. They look for shelter under a political umbrella as the
> Muslims of India always looked for under the Congress Party until
> 1991. All Hindus are in the same boat of AL (election symbol as well
> for AL) and, thus, sweep absolute vote of this minority group in
> Bangladesh.
>
> Bangladesh was not designed to be a Mujib style secular country.
> Rather it was mandated for Islamic Republic of Pakistan as Mujib
> signed the Legal Frame Work Order in 1970 before going for election
> campaign on January 01, 1970 for the October 05, 1970 election. This
> date was later on August 15, 1970 changed to December 07, 1970 due to
> the flood situation in the then East Pakistan.
>
> The Legal Frame Work Order clearly stated that as a participant every
> political party and their leaders including the party workers and
> members must integrate with the integrity of Pakistan. Thus, it was
> clear that no political party can divert the official name of Pakistan
> as it was proclaimed on March 23, 1956 as Islamic Republic of
> Pakistan. Therefore, the country needed a constitution for the third
> time that must reflect the official name of the country having
> democracy and the rights of the minorities. In fact, the Legal Frame
> Work Order was constructed by Justice A. R. Cornelius (a Punjabi
> Christian), an advisor to Yahya Khan. Of course Cornelius was the
> "Bottle Partner" of Yahya at the evenings.
>
> These two Punjabi fellows were the friends from their childhood. Yahya
> emerged to the throne through a virtual coup aided by Ayub Khan
> himself on March 25, 1969. Since then Cornelius came to the front line
> in the press. He brought all the guidelines of Legal Frame Work Order
> by his choice reflecting the rights of the minorities.
>
> Thus, Yahya noted in his June 28, 1969 Radio broadcast to the then
> nation that Pakistan will go for democracy on the basis for ONE MAN
> (PERSON) ONE VOTE and the format would be British type parliamentary
> democracy. This declaration also ensured political activities (was
> banned on March 25, 1969 with the Martial Law enforcement) in the
> country to be resumed from January 01, 1970 for the October 05, 1970
> election. A. R. Cornelius was responsible to assure all the points of
> the Legal Frame Work Order than Yhya Khan although Yahya was the
> initial architect of it. The bottom line is that Mujib signed in this
> order and agreed to assure the integrity of Pakistan by all means.
>
> Since Yahya and gang did not transfer power to Mujib following the
> election results and postponed the National Assembly meeting
> (scheduled for March 03, 1971) on March 01, 1971 through a radio
> broadcast news at 12:00 noon, immediately general consensus of the
> people of the then East Pakistan burst in the form of nationwide
> strikes that did not end officially until the crackdown of the
> Pakistani Army on March 25th night (1971). Nevertheless, the secession
> movement was not in the agenda for AL. Secularism was also not in the
> agenda for AL.
>
> Almost overnight AL turned to be a secular party as soon as Bangladesh
> emerged. The first announcement came from the Delhi center of All
> India Radio (Akash Baani) with the regular news hour around 7:30 p.m.
> (Dhaka time then). This radio station announced without any authority
> of the Bangladesh personnel that Bangladesh is a secular country and
> its currency became equal to the India Rupee. This idiotic and nose
> poking announcement irritated nearly seven million Bangladeshis living
> inside the country. The refugees of Bangladesh were a few and did not
> have any say as most of these chunks were Hindus and favored Akash
> Baani Kaa Pancharangi Aur Karikrom (program of All India Radio).
>
> No matter how much you scream and argue with the compatriots, Diganto
> Roy, you'll never get upper hand beyond the support of the people.
> Bangladesh is not a puppet of India. Secularism is not pro-Indian.
> Remember Bangladesh or Pakistan both were designed to be secular with
> the majority population being Muslims as India is designed to be a
> secular country with the majority being Hindus. Exactly this analogy
> Mohammad Ali Jinnah proposed which is known today to the communal
> Hindus as the two-Nation Theory. Jinnah wanted Pakistan to be a
> secular country having Muslims as the majority.
>
> But his successors made it Islamic Republic. This is a short-sighted
> view of these successors. There was no long term plan for Jinnah on
> this mission as J. L. Nehru had for modern India. Today, Bangladesh is
> not Islamic Republic but it is designed to be a secular having Muslims
> as the majority.
>
> The underlying problem is that the Hindus of Bangladesh are unable to
> bear the fact that the Muslims of Bangladesh can rule themselves.
> These Hindus brought outsiders throughout the ages and accepted as
> their Head of the State.
>
> For example, the Palaa (or Pals) or the Senas (or Sens) before the
> Turkish general Ikhtiayr Mohammed Bakhtiyar Khilji came in 1204 were
> brought to the throne by the local Hindus of the Bengali-speaking
> lands. It constituted present West Bengal, Tripura, and some part of
> Assam (Kamrup) and Meghalaya in modern India including present
> Bangladesh. In those days most of the Eastern part of this combined
> land used to be called as Vanga or Banga.
>
> The North-Western past was Barendra (North-West and some southern
> districts such as Rajshahi, Maldaha, Murshidabad, Dinajpur, Rangpur,
> Bogra, etc.) and Rarh (modern day Birbhum, Bankura, and some parts of
> Burdwan district). Vanga (or Banga) was the dominating land by all
> means. Anyway, the capital of Palas and Senas were in the modern day
> West Bengal at the bank of the River Bhagirathi.
>
> The Palas and Senas were brought to the land from outside the soil as
> the new leader. The Hindus preferred to happen like this. Palas were
> Buddhists and came from Central-Western India while the Senas were
> Hindus and came from Southern India, particularly from modern day
> Karnataka. Some historians say that they came from modern Chennai
> (Tamil Nadu) or Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh) areas.
>
> Nevertheless, these Palas and then Senas were powerful enough to rule
> the majority people who spoke Bengali, as it was emerging as the new
> language. Sanskrit by then phased out and Bengali was getting
> structured. In many parts Sanskrit used to be a written language. Of
> course Pali and Prakrit both were near dead like Sanskrit as all these
> three gave the light of Bengali language.
>
> Both the Palas and Senas learnt the language as did the Hanovar
> dynasty (ancestor of Elizabeth II) in modern U.K. It is a Hindu
> character to salute the powerful one, and if necessary they begin to
> worship. This is demonstrated in their social practice or cult. Thus,
> the Hindus worship tiger, lion, snake (serpent), monkey (as saved
> Sita), elephant, etc. Even these animals became humans in their myths.
> Serpents or tigers or lions are garlanded in many of their ceremonies.
>
> This worshipping character has led outsiders to invade the soil. Palas
> were followed by the Senas, and then followed by the Turks. Just see
> only 17 horse-men were enough to overthrow a kingdom in 1204. The last
> Sen (Lakshman son of Ballal) fled away through the rear door and
> crossed the River Bhagirathi toward south and never been traced. Today
> Hindus have the same character and shows that with more trickery as
> they have achieved the technology in the modern world.
>
> But their tradition of learning (particularly by the Brahmins) kept
> them alive and made them the ruling figures. Only 5% Brahmins rule
> entire India. The Muslims of Bangladesh are primarily the descendent
> of the Hindus. A little amount of foreign blood has penetrated to the
> soil.
>
> Let us look back to the history of the Hindus as called by the Arabs
> and Persians in the pre-Islamic days. Hidus were good in Astronomy and
> Mathematics. Contributions are remarkable. Ramanujam (Ramanujan) is a
> revered person of the 20th century as a remarkable Mathematician died
> in 1919 at the age of only 32. His algorithm or expression for pi (ð,
> ratio of circumference to the diameter of a circle) is the closest
> yielding value using modern computers. Despite having massive
> contributions in literature and mathematics the Hindus formed a coward
> nation on the earth. This is because their created faith or cult is
> based on unrealistic objects installed by humans.
>
> Thus, J. L. Nehru found much of it as unrealistic and described as a
> social practice rather than a religion. Buddhism or Jainism or
> Zarathushtraism (Zoroostrianism) have some realistic configurations in
> terms of worshipping. The Hindus when followed Buddhism or Jainism
> they made these religions according to their own way of practicing
> them. Thus, these two religions have more Hindu influenced objects.
>
> But this is not the case of the outside Buddhists as many of them came
> from Central Asia and some of them were Turks by descent as were
> Harshabardhan and his forefathers in Peshawar (used to be called
> during 7th century Purushshpur) of modern Pakistan. Similar origin
> traces to the Palas. Senas were the warrior class of Hindus from
> Karnataka. But their Hinduism was different that those practiced in
> the Bengali-speaking land. Nevertheless, Senas learnt a new culture
> and contributed to the soil by giving up their traditions and adopting
> new traditions.
>
> The Turks felt outsider at the outset but quickly got accustomed to
> the local culture and got amalgamated with the Hindus and Buddhists.
> They were welcomed chiefly by the Buddhists. These Buddhists were
> cornered by the Senas because of their ousting the Palas and admixed
> with the feeling of Shakar Acharya – the great communal ever the Hindu
> soil produced in the 8th century. The Buddhists got new life with the
> new horse-men of Turkish origin.
>
> These new people gave shelter to them. At the same time Buddhists
> adopted the religion imported by the Turks. This new religion became
> the ruling class' religion and the number began to grow quickly with
> the auto-conversion process. The Turks never got into the conversion
> process but the Buddhists adopted their religion and became their fast
> friends. Later the Hindus joined with the ruling class and began to
> get converted.
>
> Today, invariably we are all Bangladeshis. But in the soil has ISLAM
> as the majority followers than other world religions. It is a proven
> fact that AL tied with the pro-Soviet fashionable leftists and merged
> for several purposes. It was seen with the DUCSU (Dacca University
> Central Students Union) election in 1973 that Ismet Kadir Gama merged
> with Mujahidul Islam Selim's group to obtain the throne. Unfortunately
> the ballots were hijacked by Lieutenant Sheikh Kamal's group for most
> of the Halls at gun point. The chance for this group was a losing
> ground to the JaSaD backed Chhatra League (blessed by A. S. M. Rob and
> Shahjahan Siraj).
>
> In those days JaSaD was getting rival to Sheikh Mujib and gave
> candidates in 225 constituencies out of 300 constituencies during
> March 07, 1973 election. Nevertheless, it was a losing party but also
> blessed by Sri-Janab Tajuddin Ahmed through the back-door. This was
> one of the reasons as why Sheikh Mujib fired him from the cabinet in
> September 1974. Tajuddin ans Sheikh were never been friends since then
> although Tajuddin's killing appeared as pro-Mujib killing.
>
> During those early days of Bangladesh, the Hindu students were always
> behind these two political parties (AL and pro-Soviet fashionable
> leftists). These leftists consisted of the supporters of Moni Singh –
> Communist Party of Bangladesh and Muzaffar Ahmed - NAP (National Awami
> Party). Today these so-called leftists are taking shelter under
> Hasina's AL and supports detrimental Hartals. Hasina started series of
> Hartals during 1991-1996 periods and kept going even when she was in
> the throne.
>
> This reckless beast-like leader has no interest in the country other
> than enjoying the power and monetary benefits and creating chaos with
> foreign support. She talks baseless as her father used to do. Mujib is
> a known false promise maker. This stupid leader told the nation in
> 1972 on many occasions in the vote campaign (for 1973 election) that
> dui bochhor kono kichhui dibaar parbo naa (cannot give anything for
> two years).
>
> This idiot could not give or do anything within two years other than
> exhibiting stupidity and idiocy. His legacy is being carried by his
> daughter. It is a shame that Bangladesh has displayed two stupid women
> as the leaders. The present woman is engaged in showing here sharees
> (saris) and Hisina is engaged showing herself as a religious person.
> These two fake Muslims are nothing but hypocrites by their utterances
> and behavior. They have demonstrated such behavior in the public
> arena. Bangladesh needs new leader(s).
>
> Hasina has good connection with India. She and her husband Wajed Mia
> lived in India for a number of years. Ershad installed Wajed in the
> Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission. Hasina was sent to Dhaka in May
> 1981 by India as a test. Within two weeks Ziaur Rahman was killed. At
> that time Bangladesh was handling with the New Moore Island
> (Bangladesh calls Dakshin Talpatty) at the Haribhanga River. Wajed was
> a so-called researcher in Nuclear Physics India (Delhi). If he has
> done research what was that about? Actually fed the family and made
> them a better quality puppet as did for Kader Siddiky. Ershad
> maintained a good working relation with India as he came to the throne
> with the blessing of the Indian corner.
>
> Immediately AL supported Ershad's arrival on March 23, 1982. Ershad
> ousted Abdus Sattar, an elected President and jeopardized the
> democratic process and gradually tried to uproot Ziaur Rahman's
> political platform. He did not try to damage AL. Today criminal Ershad
> walks freely, and because of him these two stupid housewives (or
> women) entered in the political scenario.
>
> If this criminal would not have screamed for sharing the power in the
> civilian administration as the Chief of the Army with A. Sattar and M.
> N. Huda, country's situation would have been much different today.
> Ershad vowed to become Vice President and the Chief of Army
> concurrently as Huda threatened to step down repeatedly. As soon as
> Huda stepped down, Sattar appointed Mohammadullah (another recorded
> criminal, financially corrupt, and opportunist) as the Vice President.
> Immediately next day early morning, Ershad ousted Satter by driving
> him out from the Bangabhaban by an automobile. Poor Sattar never spoke
> in the public domain until his death in 1985.
>
> He refused to talk to the journalists and did not disclose the reason
> for the bloodless coup led by Ershad. He saw election in November 1981
> which involved tax-payer's money, and constantly vowed to be a
> de-facto President or Vice President of the country. This is similar
> to Ayub Khan's disposition as he was taken in the cabinet for the
> Defense Ministry at the recommendation of Iskander Mirza in 1956.
> Criminal Ershad did not bother to destroy a democratic institution of
> the country.
>
> He was the architect of corrupted foundation in the country. He broke
> the system one by one and in a systematic manner. But his plan failed
> when people made an uprising in 1991. His ousting was also cruel as
> the country entered once again into lawlessness. Ershad developed a
> corrupted mechanism for all walks of life. This criminal accorded
> bribe system for every foreign purchase. For example buying three
> defunct DC-10 in 1984 involved a chunk of bribed money that fed
> several families of the organization including Ershad's well wishers.
> This was the beginning of the massive corruption in foreign purchases.
> Hasina continued to do so when dealt with Mig for the impoverished
> nation. Where are those Migs?
>
> Once upon a time in April 1978 Ziaur Rahman competed with M. A. G.
> Osmani. But they were good friends during 1971-1975 periods. Osmani
> was instrumental to place Ziaur Rahman as the Chief of Staff of the
> Army in August 1975 displacing idiot-cum-munafekin Shafiullah.
> Eventually Osmani went against Ziaur Rahman seeing primarily his
> ambition after November 1975. AL had the radar with solid leadership
> if they would have searched within themselves. Unfortunately criminals
> of AL chose Hasina, the housewife, possessing Bichitra level sound
> knowledge as the new leader for the country's one of the leading
> political party.
>
> The other woman is so fashionable being a widow that it is quite
> impossible to comprehend that this woman is a widow by a Bangladeshi
> standard using cult and history. Of course this housewife is one of
> the multi-millionaires in the country while her husband left only
> 2,000 Taka in the bank at the time of his killing on May 30, 1981. It
> is true that within the next few months Satter allocated plentiful of
> compensation for the family's standing. Legend says that the family
> got crores of Takas as compensation during Satter's time.
>
> What we see today for this woman? Is she a saint though performed Hajj
> several times including Umrah? Same question poses to Hasina too.
> Performing Hajj for these two women is nothing but the Hajj for known
> the thieves thugs. Today these individuals are our leaders but the
> public like Abid Bahar and Diganto Roy are debating how much ISLAM is
> being imposed or practiced in the country? Why don't we debate how
> much hypocrites are formed in our country since December 16, 1971?
>
> I feel that every Friday if each Masjid is gheraoed (cordoned) in
> Bangladesh chink of thieves, criminals, thugs, corrupts, etc. can be
> filtered easily from the rest of the society. Many of these Friday
> Masjid goers possess anti-Islamic qualities. Diganto Roy, you need to
> talk along the line without showing your Hindu fanaticism and bringing
> examples of India. Can you filter the country today to get a class of
> people who would work for the country? Why do you support AL? Is it
> not known to you that this party is top of the line corrupt party? Of
> course BNP is no different than AL. Since you love AL then mention
> about the thieves, thugs, criminals, etc. of that party so that they
> can clean up those people from the party. Suggest the same for each
> political party.
>
> Bangladesh constitution has nothing wrong but the individuals have
> exploited it according to their interest. AL does not understand
> socialism. It likes to talk about socialism. Did Mujib understand what
> socialism could be? He was the champion of Democracy, Socialism,
> Secularism, and Nationalism of Bangladesh. Did he understand democracy
> or nationalism? He signed the Legal Frame Work Order in 1970 and
> became an elected member of Pakistan's National Assembly in 1970. How
> does he talk about the so-called secularism? Was secularism in his
> agenda to get the vote from the people of united Pakistan (it was East
> Pakistan for him being a regional leader within Pakistan)?
>
> Sheikh Mujib had no teaching for the people. He had no doctrine other
> than looting, arsons, raping, hartals, property damage, etc. His
> democracy was killed in the infancy when that lost the direction on
> January 24, 1975. The constitution was abrogated and modified by him,
> and then consolidated the power as President leaving the Prime
> Minister's responsibility. He appointed a so-called Prime Minister,
> Monsur Ali – the corrupt, as a show piece democratic symbol. He had no
> view of socialism for the country. He did not know what it was. He
> heard about it from the so-called progressive people. He though he was
> a champion of implementing this icon in the country. He did not know
> that Britain was the first socialistic country that adopted changes to
> reform the society in late 19th century following the publication of
> Das Kapital of Karl Marx. This book came out from the London Museum.
> Mujib had no concept about nationalism. He just uttered and did not
> comprehend the consequence. Just to please some Hindus of the country
> as well as India he introduced nationalism within his frame work. He
> did not understand Pakistani nationalism too. His utterance was
> BANGALEE just to gain voters as a number for which he had no passion
> or meaning.
>
> Thus, he generated JOY BANLA as a slogan just to gain votes in 1970.
> He felt that he was BANGALEE in the speeches to gain cheap popularity
> so that the ballot becomes heavier. But he did not know what to do
> with this nationalistic WORD. After March 25, 1971 his followers did
> not come forward to resist the Pakistani killers and rapists.
> Bhashani's followers first came sometime during early April in some
> parts of the country putting some resistance. That is why Bhashani
> fled to India although he was not a good India lover.
>
> These fellows were branded as BENGALEE NATIONALISTS by the Radio
> Australia which was quoted by BBC and then VOA. Common people used to
> listen to these radio centers and felt comfortable that the country
> was resisting. Actually AL workers did not fight at all. The AL
> workers were primarily criminals, goons, thugs, looters, and touts.
> The real fighting against the Pakistan Army was done by the true
> patriots and common people who had no political color. Particularly
> those who lost their relatives – nearly each of these families
> produced massive freedom fighters. But make no mistake that Hindus
> were not the fore runners. These Hindus were mostly opportunists and
> lived in India peacefully. They tried to take the advantage of the
> situation in the post-liberation days.
>
> Let me mention about "JIJIYA" tax. The word is not JIJIRA. It was
> imposed during Aurangazeb's time. This tax is imposed many times in
> the history if this tax money is used for well being of the minorities
> in a Muslim majority nation. In fact the meaning of JIJIYA is taken
> otherwise as it is applied to the non-Muslims. Remember, the
> non-Muslims do not pay any other tax if they pay JIJIYA tax. This tax
> money is supposed to be spent only for the no-Muslims' well being and
> for their interest. If additional tax is charged then it is a crime.
>
> To the best of my knowledge Aurangazeb introduced it around 1675 when
> Shivaji and his son Shamvuji were launching harassment against his
> administration. Shivaji and Shamvuji carried this message as a
> communal chapter for the Hindus of Maharashtra (exclusively Marathis).
> This was the triggering point of communalism between Hindus and
> Muslims. This situation partly divided the Moghol Army. Aurangazeb was
> betrayed by the Army many times as Shivaji was able to flee away in
> 1678 inside a cargo box of mangoes being sent from Gwalior to a
> village near Pune (Poona) in Maharashtra. Aurangazeb changed the Army
> personnel several times but did not get favorable result. However, he
> did not compromise for withdrawal of this tax from the Hindus. It is
> the matter of interpretation which led to a communal view.
>
> If JIJIYA tax is evaluated for the non-Muslims it clearly implements
> the benefits for the non-Muslims only with that money. Remember,
> Aurangazeb's Hindostan (in Persian) or Hindosthan (in Indian
> Sanskritized languages) was having Hindu majority whereas Muslims were
> the size of a peanut in the 17th century. Since Aurangazeb was a
> stupid leader for Delhi administration who possessed suspicion for
> every person due to his nature capturing the throne, he could not
> compromise for his implementation.
>
> This misunderstanding propagated among the Marathis largely by the
> Shivaji followers after his death in 1681. His son Shamvuji continued
> this communal feeling at a large scale until his death in 1698. It
> kept continuing by other followers of Shivaji and Shamvuji at every
> corner of Hindostan of Aurangazeb. Therefore, Hindus began to view
> JIJIYA as a SPECIAL kind of excess tax for the non-Muslims. This is an
> erroneous concept, Diganto Roy. As a Western resident every one pays
> tax regularly but it is not distinguished for the expenditure on the
> basis of religion. Thus, no one sees JIJIYA tax. It is my best
> presumption that such a confusing term will not be implemented in
> Bangladesh as the people are basically not hardliners of Islam or any
> religion.
>
> In continuation of our heritage, I would like to draw that Dhaka city
> was not born in 1606. I have no idea where Rokaya Azam got this
> information. I suggest that you go to Shakhari Patti (Bazar) or
> Sadarghat or Islampur oer Wiseghat or Buckland Band or Nawabpur Road
> and find out how many buildings were built before 1606. Also go to
> Lalbagh areas and find old buildings that are still standing.
>
> Let me note about a few roads in Dacca. Islampur Road was named after
> Governor (Subedar) Islam Khan. It was constructed much earlier but
> named after him. Legend says that he used DHAAK (drum) to declare the
> capital city in Dhaka. Since the sound of that drum was very loud, it
> is presumed that the word Dhaka was coined at that time. But this is
> not true as Dhaka town was already existed then to at least over 20
> square miles.
>
> Let me go slightly further back in history. Issa Khan created
> Sonargaon as capital of Bengal. Actually Mansingh fought with Issa
> Khan there around 1576. Legend says that Issa Khan did not consider
> Dhaka as a capital place because it was unsafe for the intruders.
> Therefore, he decided Sonargaon which had island like feature and
> provided better protection. This situation was similar to the palace
> of Tipu Sultan in Deccan. Tipu Sultan was killed due to the betrayal
> of the local Hindus (not Muslims) who showed how to reach at his
> palace. Usually Muslims are the betrayers in many cases in the Indian
> sub-continent such as Mir Jaffor Ali Khan.
>
> In fact, history of Dhaka traces around 13th century but no one could
> say the exact date. For example Nawabpur Road is likely to be at least
> 500 years old. The residents in that area were the famous MUSLIN
> makers. In that area today many families live with the last name
> BASAK. Their ancestors used to make MUSLIN once. Their forefathers
> suffered with chopping off the hands by the British civilized people.
>
> This was done in late 18th and early 19th century by the lieutenants
> of the brutal British administration sitting in Calcutta. These
> bastards implemented INDIGO culture nearly at no cost at the banks of
> Bhagirathi, Ganga, Padma, and branches of Padma Rivers. Today in the
> Nawabpur Road area some names of the roads are seen such as Madan
> Mohan Basak Road, Jadunath Basak Lane, etc. etc. These people are the
> ancesters of the present residents.
>
> Today many of these people living as professionals such as Professors,
> Engineers, Physicians, businessmen, etc. The Basaks of Dhaka are one
> of the ancient families living in the heart of the city. Many other
> families in Shakhari Patti, Tanti Bazar, and adjoining areas are also
> very old families in terms of their history. The making of SHANKHA is
> not new as it is used for every married Hindu woman. It is destroyed
> only when the husband of a Hindu woman dies. The Tanti Bazar is known
> as one of the oldest areas of Dhaka city where several families once
> lived but many of them have been scattered due to economic reasons as
> they have adopted other professions. The TANT (handloom) is one of the
> oldest architecture of Dhaka.
>
> The description may be found in J. L. Nehru's book (Glimpses of World
> History). Stupid British Queen known as VICTORIA had a MUSLIN which
> passed through her ring. This gift was a stolen item from Dhaka after
> chopping off the hands of the makers and made public in Britain that
> British artificial silk has captured the Indian Market replacing the
> MUSLIN. Along with several so-called rebels of 1857 several other
> innocent people were hanged without food or water in the trees at the
> so-called VICTORIA PARK – which is today called Bahadur Shah Park. The
> British bastards killed those innocent people in the name of their
> Western civilization.
>
> I urge the publicity makers at NFB to visit our capital city and
> discover the age of this city. Moghol chose this as the capital by
> abandoning Sonargaon which was the capital of Issa Khan. Bengal was
> captured following the death of Issa Khan in 1599 and Moghol soldiers
> reached near Sadarghat terminal area around 1601. Islam Khan came in
> 1606 as the Governor of the new province which was a country under
> Issa Khan. Therefore, 1606 is not the birth year of Dhaka.
>
> Please try to understand that Dhaka is one of the ancient cities in
> the sub-continent. When Lahore became capital of Hindostan under
> Emperor Janhangir (with de-facto ruler Nurjahan alias Mehr-un-Nesa) in
> 1612 at that time Dhaka was the provincial capital and far advanced
> than Lahore. Due to the capital status of Lahore, Jahangir re-built
> Lahore with a bunch of buildings. At that time Shakahari Patti
> (Bazar), Tanti Bazar, Nawabpur Road areas were existing as the
> civilized town.
>
> Emperor Jahangir came to Dhaka in 1611 with his battalion and landed
> at the bank of Burhiganga near Sadarghat where East Bengal High School
> is. Jahangir lectured to the local people there and then was taken on
> the horse cart via Islampur Road to the official house of Islam Khan.
> Legend says that Jahangir stayed for about a week in Dhaka. At that
> time Jahangir wanted to rename this town as JAHANGIRNAGAR. The then
> Pakistan Government used Jahangirnagar and tried to establish as an
> alternate name in many documents of the then East Pakistan. Today
> Jahangirnagar University is an example of reviving the same name and
> exists since 1970.
>
> Have you ever visited old Dhaka? Today's buildings of Collegiate
> School, Pogose School, Muslim High School, Kishoree Lal Jubilee
> School, etc. in that area are the oldest buildings and built before
> 1606. Have a look there as they are falling apart like the Clive House
> in Calcutta. In the old Dhaka Patla Khan Lane exists near North Brooke
> Hall Road. This lane was once used as a horse cart plying road but
> today a mere lane. The Pathan Patla Khan used to live there once after
> he emigrated there during the early Moghol era. Dhaka is carrying
> legends of several icons.
>
> Today's generation, that is, out of 12 million populations only a
> small cross-section (perhaps 1 million) is only pure residents of
> Dhaka and staying there for centuries. The rest have polluted the city
> since 1947. But the actual pollution began after 1971 with the
> non-Dhaka residents.
>
> The old residents have several graveyards within Dhaka city where
> outsiders are not allowed to bury bodies. These graveyards are the
> family graveyards situated within the heart of the city. Modern
> residents of Dhaka living in the multi-storied buildings do not
> comprehend that Dhaka was not theirs ever before. The old residents
> today are persecuted and often driven out from their ancestor's homes
> as they have become poor. Simple economics work for those families.
>
> In this context let me clarify about some of the cities of the
> sub-continent. Madras was established around 1639 by the British for
> doing business in the south. During 1662 Bombay was established by the
> British as they got the land piece from the Dutch Royal family as
> dowry when Charles II (son of beheaded Charles I) of Britain got
> married to the Dutch Royal family. Charles I was beheaded by Oliver
> Cromwell in 1649 and founded modern Parliamentary Democracy in
> Britain. After the death of Oliver Cromwell in 1658, his son was
> installed as Prime Minister but did not survive too long. In 1661 the
> British Parliament felt the absence of a King, and then they brought
> young Charles II in the throne then. Around 1690, Job Charnock
> established the city of Calcutta in Sutanati village along the bank of
> Bhagirathi. At that time Rabindranath's forefathers used to live in
> Jessore, currently near Bangladesh Border.
>
> Rabindranath's great grandfather became the resident of Calcutta near
> Jorasanko around 1785. So-called Prince Dwarakanath Tagore's great
> grandfather was known as the first English-speaker Bengali-speaking
> person around 1765. He helped later Warren hastings to lean Bengali
> and translated documents for the British. He served as a puppet for
> the British and earned a lot of money including landed properties at
> various parts along both the sides of the River Bhagirathi.
>
> This person conspired with the Maharaja Krishna Chandra of
> Krishnanagar (currently in Nadia district of West Bengal) against
> Siraj-ud-dowla to install the British. This person was anti-Muslim
> then like Maharaja Krishna Chandra. However, Krishna Chandra liked the
> Muslims those who were converted from Hindus. In fact he distributed
> lands around 1760 including this Tagore (who Anglicized his name then)
> to the Muslims who were converted to Islam. Such Muslims are indebted
> to Krishna Chandra.
>
> Thus, history evaluates Krishna Chandra as a nice person on one hand
> and as a traitor on another hand. Exactly this character was played by
> this Tagore as he was a bosom friend of Krishna Chandra. By that time
> This Tagore's grandfather began living in Nadia district and got
> acquainted with the ruling class people. In fact this Tagore is the
> ancestor of the Jorasanko Tagore family as well as the Pathurighata
> Tagore family.
>
> Getting back to Madras, how it picked Chennai as the old name only the
> Hindus of Tamil Nadu can tell. They claim that Chennai is the old name
> of Madras. If this is so, then why British had to structure this city?
> Similarly the Marathis claim that Mumbai is the original name of
> Bombay. Then how the pronunciation Mumbai comes as the local name
> while this was a vacant land in 1662 where Dutch landed for possible
> business function. Shahjahan allowed this landing of the Dutch around
> 1630 but remained barren until 1662 when British became the proprietor
> through the Dutch.
>
> All strange names we hear today that competes with the pronunciation
> of DHAKA that was established by Ershad around 1984. Chennai or Mumbai
> came well after Dhaka was properly spelled. The Indians learnt how to
> change the British spelled names in ENGLISH.
>
> After that Calcutta came in 1690, when Job Charnock was wandering
> around the River Bhagirathi for a vacant land to build a factory that
> used British technology using local raw materials. He was not sure
> what factory it should be. He decided to capture a piece of land in
> Sutanati adjacent to the River Bhagirathi for better navigation around
> 1675. He began constructing buildings and the factory, presumably
> using handloom for making clothes. However, Job Charnock became very
> much familiar with the local people and learnt Bengali soon.
>
> Also he found a Brahmin girl as his mistress who produced three
> daughters. Eventually he declared to name the formation of a city in
> 1690 when considerable brick houses were built in Sutanati by removing
> thatched houses. The name Calcutta has a legend from "Kaal Kaata" when
> asked by a British working for Job Charnock for the name of the local
> place (Sutanati) to a farmer who did not know ENGLISH. This farmer
> understood the query about his hay as when cut and replied as Kaal
> Kaata (cut yesterday) in a distorted Bengali that was pronounced as
> Calcutta by the British since then until recently renamed as Kolikata.
>
> My purpose of talking about Lahore, Madras, Bombay, and Calcutta is to
> note that Dhaka is much older than these cities in the sub-continent.
> Only Delhi or Agra or Gwalior can match the history in a parallel
> manner. During the arrival of Zahiruddin Babar in Delhi in 1526, Dhaka
> was a small town famous for handloom, MUSLIN. Nasrat Shah was the
> Sultan then in Gour (near Rajshahi). Today Gour is a decayed place
> like Paharpur or Mainamati.
>
> Finally, I suggest that it is better to dig out correct history before
> spreading fake events. First, it is essential to know who declared
> Dhaka as a city in 1606. Is it a true statement? Nevertheless, we
> should be proud of our history. When time comes, I'll try to foucus
> other issues including the events of 1971. As Abid Bahar suggested the
> event of 1971 is known to all of us, yet I feel I may need to give
> some facts about the Pakistanis.
>
> Laurel (Larry) Chowdhury from U.S.A.
>
> http://www.bangladesh-web.com/view.php?hidRecord=24171
>
>
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