Word: mujibur
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...single one of those people in the National Awami Party who have got historical links with India on the one hand and the Soviet Union on the other. I don't want to do the Yahya Khan bit [a reference to his predecessor, who had arrested Sheik Mujibur Rahman, now Prime Minister of Bangladesh, for treason]. I don't want to brand people as traitors or indulge in recriminations and spoil the atmosphere. I will proceed with political surgery...
...RELATIONS WITH BANGLADESH: "We are determined to recognize them provided there is machinery whereby we get our prisoners of war back. I released Sheik Mujibur Rahman hoping something like that would happen, but it went down the drain. We released the nightingale from the cage and nothing happened. Once bitten, twice shy. I believe, however, that the stalemate will be broken after the elections [in Bangladesh next month] and the framing of a new constitution in Pakistan. But first there must be machinery for the return of our P.O.W.s. There must be no war crimes trials, no persecution of accused...
...Shall I contest the election? Should I? If you want me to contest, then raise your hand. Raise both hands to show you want me." Nearly half a million pairs of skinny brown arms shot into the air. "Yes, yes, yes!" shouted the crowd, which had gathered before Sheik Mujibur ("Mujib") Rahman to celebrate the first anniversary of Bangladesh's liberation from Pakistan. "We want you, Bangabandhu...
...affairs on the Indian subcontinent cannot be fully put in order without Bangladesh's Prime Minister, Sheik Mujibur Rahman, who has declined to attend the summit until Pakistan recognizes his country. Bhutto last week may have been preparing the way for recognition when he observed that Pakistan would become "odd man out" at the United Nations this fall if it still refuses recognition to Dacca...
...that the government has given them few jobs and little patronage, and they have retained most of their firearms. Ranging from ardent patriots to outright thugs, the Mukti are among the most resentful critics of the ineffectual Dacca government, which has been accused of consolidating the position of Sheik Mujibur Rahman's Awami League instead of concentrating on reconstruction...