From Protest To Freedom : The Birth of Bangladesh

Mokerrom Hossain

Liberation War

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On 26th March, 2010, Bangladesh will celebrate its thirty-ninth anniversary under the rule of the surviving daughter of the Father of the Nation, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman who, almost forty years ago, inspired me to join the non-cooperation movement. As a result, I quit my job with the Pakistan Press Internaitonal (PPI). The director of the PPI was Nizamuddin Ahamed who was one of the victims of Al-Badar. After quiting my job I escaped by way of the East Pakistan border through Chandina of Comilla District and entered India's territory known as Sona Mura of Tripura in August of 1971. It has been nearly thirty years ago since I left my country and settled in United States of America. Still the memories of 1971 are as fresh as if they were yesterday's incidents. It is not just the 1971 incidents that I recall, but the entire twenty-five years of Pakistan's history are still quite fresh and vivid in my mind. In 1952, when the Pakistani administration did not hesitate to fire on innocent Bengalis, I was a second grade student; and it was only two years later when the United Front defeated the Muslim League. When Ayub Khan imposed martial law with all its might and pervasiveness in 1958, I was, by then, a middle school student (eighth grade). We were the first of students to receive the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC), a new system of Ayub government. In 1963, when Ayub Khan appointed Governor of East Pakistan-Monem Khan was determined to preside over the Commencement (Convocation) and the students of Dhaka University were similarly determined not to take diplomas from a Chancellor who was appointed by an administration that was not elected by the people of the East Pakistan. Consequently, this developed into a serious commotion between students and the law enforcement officers; and it became a mass protest against the military rule. Monem Khan's police arrested hundreds of students, including my elder brother Rahmatul Kibria.

Mokerrom Hossain

Dr. Mokerrom Hossain Professor of Criminal Justice in the Department of Sociology, Social Work and Criminal Justice at Virginia State University; and he cordinates the Graduate Program in Criminal Justice. He completed his BA (Hons.) and M.A. in Sociology at the University of Dhaka in 1966 and 1967 respectively. He worked for a brief period of time at the Pakistan Press Internaitonal (PPI) news agency at Dhaka; and after the March 25, 1971 crackdown by the Pakistan Army, he resigned his position. In July,1972, he published his first book Society and Sociology, an introductory sociology textbook writen in Bengali. In 1977, he contributed and edited a book entilled Society: Thought and Theories that was published by Bai Ghar. In the early seventies, he was a very popular talk show host of Bangladesh Television.