The 1971 Liberation War, the genocide that preceded independence, and the founding constitutional principles Bangladesh was built on — the historical record everything else in this program measures against.
Bangladesh's 1971 Liberation War was not just a war of independence — it was a founding choice about what kind of country Bangladesh would be: secular, democratic, and accountable to its own people. This series documents that founding record in detail.
We cover the genocide and war crimes committed in 1971, the individuals and organizations implicated, and the constitutional principles the new republic was built on. This is the historical baseline the rest of this program's work — on the republic's rise, its present crisis, and its potential future — measures against.
Living memory and commemoration are part of this series too: how 1971 is remembered, taught, and contested in Bangladesh today.
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Primary documentation and archives on the 1971 war.
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