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Happy Independence Day

Soon after the Pakistani army crackdown on the night of March 25, 1971,the first declaration of independence was made over the radio by M. A. Hannan. Very few people heard this declaration and Major Zia's famous "Ami Major Zia Bolchhi" declaration over Chittagong radio on March 27 was picked up by foreign news agency and was given wide publicity.

The first declaration

In English

"Today Bangladesh is a sovereign and independent country. On Thursday night West Pakistani armed forces suddenly attacked the police barracks at Razarbagh and the EPR headquarters at Pilkhana in Dhaka. Many innocent and unarmed have been killed in Dhaka city and other places of Bangladesh. Violent clashes between EPR and Police on the one hand and the armed forces of Pindi on the other, are going on. The Bengalis are fighting the enemy with great courage for an independent Bangladesh. May God aid us in our fight for freedom. Joy Bangla."

Zia's declaration

Excerpted from The History of the Liberation Movement in Bangladesh, Author J. S. Gupta

[The historic Kalurghat radio station]

At 7:45 pm on 26th March 1971, Major Zia broadcast the message which became historic in the struggle for independence.

"This is Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra. I, Major Ziaur Rahman, at the direction of Bango Bondhu Mujibur Rahman, hereby declare that the independent People's Republic of Bangladesh has been established. At his direction, I have taken command as the temporary head of the republic. In the name of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, I call upon all Bengalis to rise against the attck by the west Pakistani Army. WE shall fight to the last to free our motherland. By the grace of Allah, victory is ours. Joy Bangla."

Listen to the audio

http://www.library.shuchinta.com/germanRadio.mp3

The Kalurghat Radio Station's transmission capability was limited. The message was picked up by a Japanese ship in Bay of Bengal. It was then re-transmitted by Radio Australia and later by the British Broadcasting Corporation.

March 26, 1971, is considered the official Independence Day of Bangladesh and according to all Bangladeshi sources, the name Bangladesh was in effect henceforth. Even the Indian PM, Indira Gandhi openly referred to it as Bangladesh. Certain sources, especially of Indian and Pakistani origin, continued to use the name "East Pakistan" until the following 16 December.

Footnote: We need more young encouraged peoples to bring our country up to a different level. So many people sacrificed their lives on 1971 just to make us what we are today. Yet we should start learning to think about everything as a global representation of the country. 

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US Postal Service has Superheroes Stamps

This is really interesting.

Superman joined Batman, Wonder Woman and seven other comic book legends in extending their immortality to postage today when the U.S. Postal Service dedicated the “DC Comics Super Heroes” commemorative stamps and stamped postal cards. The ceremony took place at the world’s largest comic book and pop culture show—Comic-Con International 2006.

This is the first stamp pane honoring comic book Super Heroes to be issued by the Postal Service. Half of the pane of 20 stamps are portraits of the characters: Aquaman, Batman, The Flash, Green Arrow, Green Lantern, Hawkman, Plastic Man, Supergirl, Superman and Wonder Woman.

Complete Details of the Release Could be found here.  

Fortune Cookies

Usually after Chinese New years celebrations some of my colleagues will bring a collection of Fortune Cookies . Fortune Cookies are simple biscuits with a piece of paper inside describing your fortune. Well it's a kind of fun to read your own fortune isn't it?

Bengal Tiger Kids Stuns Indian Pro Cricketers

A very young bunch of Bangla Royal Tiger Kids won over the cricket match with Professional Indian Cricket team.. Wow.. Thats a news of course. WAAY to go BOYZ..

Bangladesh pulled a stunning five-wicket upset over India at the World Cup, with teenage (17 – 21 years old) batsmen Mushfiqur Rahim, Tamim Iqbal and Sakim Al Hasan scoring important half-centuries.

Pace bowler Mashrafe Mortaza's four-wicket burst pierced through India's famed batting order to bundle it out for 191, its lowest total against Bangladesh, before the young batsmen took center stage.

Bangladesh lost five wickets reaching the victory target of 192 with nine balls to spare, posting the first major upset of the current World Cup.

The players from India, the 1983 World Cup winner and 2003 finalist, had to stand back and watch as Bangladesh players celebrated its first victory in the World Cup in eight years.

"This win has given a fair chance to qualify for the second round. This is a great day for Bangladesh cricket," Bangladesh captain Habibal Bashar said. "We would like to dedicate this win to our friend Manjural Islam."

Players from both squads observed two minutes' silence before the match in honor of test player Manjural, who died Friday in a traffic accident in southwestern Bangladesh.

Left-arm spinner Manjural, 22, played six tests and 25 limited-overs internationals, but did not make Bangladesh's 15-man World Cup squad.

As for Malaysian Peoples.. They don't know what Cricket is actually yet Malaysians Play Football. LOL. Anyway Bangladesh Enlisted in World Cup where Malaysia is NOT
Some Snaps to see

Thoughts:
I"M hoping and praying that the winning WONT overcome and overdose the arrogancy which might infect the young minds of our country peoples. Just make us proud to be what we are boyz.