Do you have any confusion about the number of people who crossed the border in '71 ? Ten million unarmed innocent Bangladeshi had to cross the border in fear of their lives ! They did not cross the border for a picnic trip to India . They have seen the massacre killings, atrocities by the heinous Pak. army . When millions of people cross border in fear of life leaving behind every thing , then three million deaths are a normal outcome. Remember that the notorious butcher Tikka Khan told his army before the operation that he wants land not the people !! So, we don't believe Mr. Sirajur Rahman's MADE UP statement .
Regards,
Dr. Manik
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Subject: [Dahuk]: Mujib's confusion on Bangladeshi deaths
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Subject: [Dahuk]: Mujib's confusion on Bangladeshi deaths
Mujib's confusion on Bangladeshi deaths
Serajur Rahman
Retired deputy head, BBC Bengali Service
On 8 January 1972 I was the first Bangladeshi to meet independence leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman after his release from Pakistan. He was brought from Heathrow to Claridge's by the Indian high commissioner Apa Bhai Panth, and I arrived there almost immediately.
Mujib was puzzled to be addressed as "your excellency" by Mr Panth. He was surprised, almost shocked, when I explained to him that Bangladesh had been liberated and he was elected president in his absence. Apparently he arrived in London under the impression that East Pakistanis had been granted the full regional autonomy for which he had been campaigning. During the day I and others gave him the full picture of the war. I explained that no accurate figure of the casualties was available but our estimate, based on information from various sources, was that up to "three lakh" (300,000) died in the conflict.
To my surprise and horror he told David Frost later that "three millions of my people" were killed by the Pakistanis. Whether he mistranslated "lakh" as "million" or his confused state of mind was responsible I don't know, but many Bangladeshis still believe a figure of three million is unrealistic and incredible.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/may/24/mujib-confusion-on-bangladeshi-deaths
Serajur Rahman
Retired deputy head, BBC Bengali Service
On 8 January 1972 I was the first Bangladeshi to meet independence leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman after his release from Pakistan. He was brought from Heathrow to Claridge's by the Indian high commissioner Apa Bhai Panth, and I arrived there almost immediately.
Mujib was puzzled to be addressed as "your excellency" by Mr Panth. He was surprised, almost shocked, when I explained to him that Bangladesh had been liberated and he was elected president in his absence. Apparently he arrived in London under the impression that East Pakistanis had been granted the full regional autonomy for which he had been campaigning. During the day I and others gave him the full picture of the war. I explained that no accurate figure of the casualties was available but our estimate, based on information from various sources, was that up to "three lakh" (300,000) died in the conflict.
To my surprise and horror he told David Frost later that "three millions of my people" were killed by the Pakistanis. Whether he mistranslated "lakh" as "million" or his confused state of mind was responsible I don't know, but many Bangladeshis still believe a figure of three million is unrealistic and incredible.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/may/24/mujib-confusion-on-bangladeshi-deaths
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