OP-ED: Mujibnagar Day: A watershed moment in our liberation struggle

On this day in 1971, Bangladesh’s first government-in-exile was formed
angladesh has been always shaped by events as much as by people and leaders. In the long and turbulent history of the country, there are great events, rebellion, war, victory, assassinations, crackdowns, and massacres. Mujibnagar Day is one such watershed event in the annals of our glorious liberation struggle. 

Bangladesh’s first government-in-exile was formed on April 10, 1971 with Syed Nazrul Islam as acting president, Tajuddin Ahmad as prime minister, and Colonel MAG Osmani as chief of army staff “as the rightful constitutional, logical, and realistic step forward towards the full realization of our dream of an independent country of our own.”