The Liberation War of Bangladesh
Course No: 114
Submitted to
Anurug Chakma
Lecturer,
Department of Peace and Conflict Studies
University of Dhaka
Submitted by:
Niaz Morshed Anik
B.S.S (9th Batch),
Session: 2014-15
Class Roll: 22
Department of Peace and Conflict Studies
University of Dhaka
Date of Submission: 23rd April, 2015
Abstract:
Bangladesh a newly born independent nation state. This state is an outcome of great struggle from India in 1947 and from Pakistan in 1971. The birth of Bangladesh in 1971 is not only a historical event of this region, but an outburst of the long-term socio-political and economic struggle of Bengali nation. The event of 1971 through which Bengalis can come forward with a nation-state, which is in fact, an event in which Bengalis could reach in its utmost level of success of its thousand-year-long existence for an identity as nation-state in the global arena.
In this paper, we will explain the theoretical avenues of the birth of Bangladesh through a nine-month long great liberation war. Beside this, this paper would put its effort to draw an answer about two questions- what are the root causes and actors behind the liberation war of Bangladesh which took place in 1971 from March to December and what are the significances, importance and outcome of the liberation war in the life of Bangladesh.The first part of this paper will discuss about the root causes of the great liberation war, 1971 with the political and economic causes of liberation war.. A brief discussion, as a compendium, will also be placed about the liberation war. In the last part of this paper, the importance, significance and outcome of the liberation war will be discussed briefly. At the end, It will also analyze this historical event with a theory of conflict described by a famous scholar
To develop this paper, we have noticed a remarkable challenge for novice researchers and observers that, about liberation war, there is a plenty of