DHAKA: Bangladesh has introduced new textbooks that note that Ziaur Rahman declared the country's independence in 1971, ...

"The new textbooks for the 2025 academic year will state that 'on March 26, 1971, Ziaur Rahman declared the independence of Bangladesh, and on March 27, he made another declaration of independence ...

The textbooks, until now, stated that the declaration was made by 'Bangabandhu' Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the father of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina who is currently in exile in India.

The Muhammad Yunus-led interim government has decided to revise the delta nation’s history textbooks to replace ’Bangabandhu’ ...

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The legacies of Mujib and Ziaur Rahman, and the question of who proclaimed the independence of Bangladesh, have been a subject of debate and dispute.

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“The new textbooks for the 2025 academic year will state that ‘on March 26, 1971, Ziaur Rahman declared the independence of Bangladesh, and on March 27, he made another declaration of independence on ...

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Adopted and proclaimed by General Assembly resolution 217 A (III) of 10 December 1948 On December 10, 1948 the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted and proclaimed the Universal Declaration ...

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