December Shards
(reader discretion is advised)
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1. The Civil Servant of Kushtia
It was on the cover of Newsweek or was it Time?
Smiling faces
'Bengali rebels displaying severed head of a federal soldier'
'He wasn't a soldier', years later Lt Ataullah of 27 Baloch would reveal
(reader discretion is advised)
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1. The Civil Servant of Kushtia
It was on the cover of Newsweek or was it Time?
Smiling faces
'Bengali rebels displaying severed head of a federal soldier'
'He wasn't a soldier', years later Lt Ataullah of 27 Baloch would reveal
He was Waqar Naseem Butt a Civil Servant from West Pakistan posted to Kushtia
A company of 27 Baloch owing to rebels' attack on Ni 29/30 Mar had to retreat to Jessore
Waqar refused to evacuate with them
He thought he belonged to the place
He thought he belonged to his countrymen
A company of 27 Baloch owing to rebels' attack on Ni 29/30 Mar had to retreat to Jessore
Waqar refused to evacuate with them
He thought he belonged to the place
He thought he belonged to his countrymen
2. Mymensingh
Brothers in Arms
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A cantonment 60 miles north of Dhaka, housed East Bengal Regiment & elements of East Pakistan Rifles
Liberation War Museum of Dhaka would deny that there ever was a cantonment in Mymensingh
Residents do recall soldiers taking on their brothers
Brothers in Arms
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A cantonment 60 miles north of Dhaka, housed East Bengal Regiment & elements of East Pakistan Rifles
Liberation War Museum of Dhaka would deny that there ever was a cantonment in Mymensingh
Residents do recall soldiers taking on their brothers
Here on the night of 26/27 Mar Bengali soldiers of Pak Army and East Pakistan Rifles revolted
The took on their West Pakistani colleagues in the dark of night as they slept in their barracks and family quarters
Death toll of officers & soldiers and their families was in hundreds
The took on their West Pakistani colleagues in the dark of night as they slept in their barracks and family quarters
Death toll of officers & soldiers and their families was in hundreds
3. Hindu Merchants of Shankaripara
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A small residential district in Dhaka was a hub of Hindu merchants
Eye witness accounts of survivors mention soldiers of Pak Army encircling the area
They then entered the most prominent house in the district, House No 52 it was, so they say
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A small residential district in Dhaka was a hub of Hindu merchants
Eye witness accounts of survivors mention soldiers of Pak Army encircling the area
They then entered the most prominent house in the district, House No 52 it was, so they say
Shots were then fired as heard by home restricted residents
They would later discover 15 or 16 bodies including that of an infant
This would force a migration of Shankaripara Hindus to India, leaving behind the dead of the day
They were to return much after Bangladesh was born
They would later discover 15 or 16 bodies including that of an infant
This would force a migration of Shankaripara Hindus to India, leaving behind the dead of the day
They were to return much after Bangladesh was born
4. The Ghosts of Santahar
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'I wrapped my husband’s dead body with white bed sheets
A neighbor earned it to the graveyard for burial
Dressed as a rustic Bengali woman, I slipped out of my house with my two children'
Nafisa Khatoon tells of the horrors of Santahar
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'I wrapped my husband’s dead body with white bed sheets
A neighbor earned it to the graveyard for burial
Dressed as a rustic Bengali woman, I slipped out of my house with my two children'
Nafisa Khatoon tells of the horrors of Santahar
Massacre of Non-Bengalis reduced Santahar to ghost town
People would sense it by the stench of dead from miles
Capt Qadir 13 FF remembers discovering & burying 34 bodies of children
Pardon me, dear reader, for I don't have a heart to pen his description of the scene
People would sense it by the stench of dead from miles
Capt Qadir 13 FF remembers discovering & burying 34 bodies of children
Pardon me, dear reader, for I don't have a heart to pen his description of the scene
5. A Village of Widows
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Bidhoba Palli in Bengali translates to Village of Widows
Sharmila Bose visited Thanapara, border village near Rajshahi that carries the title
It was here that all men were killed in cold blood
Army had come here to relieve Police Academy from rebels
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Bidhoba Palli in Bengali translates to Village of Widows
Sharmila Bose visited Thanapara, border village near Rajshahi that carries the title
It was here that all men were killed in cold blood
Army had come here to relieve Police Academy from rebels
Woven from carefully scrutinized eye witness accounts this one is a horrible tale
A company of Punjab Regiment faced light resistance as they entered Thanapara
The villagers meanwhile had escaped to and gathered at the river bordering India
The army then came to the riverbank
A company of Punjab Regiment faced light resistance as they entered Thanapara
The villagers meanwhile had escaped to and gathered at the river bordering India
The army then came to the riverbank
An officer (a captain or lieutenant) is reported to have segregated and rounded up all men
They were then shot in cold blood
Later the pile of the bodies were soaked in kerosene and set on fire
The ones still alive attempted to escape and were killed in second round of shooting
They were then shot in cold blood
Later the pile of the bodies were soaked in kerosene and set on fire
The ones still alive attempted to escape and were killed in second round of shooting
کانٹوں کی زباں سوکھ گئی پیاس سے یا رب
اک آبلہ پا وادی پر خار میں آوے
kan'Ton' ki zabaan' sookh gai pyaas se ya rab
ik aabla-paa vaadi-e-pur-ḳhaar mein' aavey
اک آبلہ پا وادی پر خار میں آوے
kan'Ton' ki zabaan' sookh gai pyaas se ya rab
ik aabla-paa vaadi-e-pur-ḳhaar mein' aavey
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