মাদুলির ভিতর লুকিয়ে রেখেছিলেন পৈতে! গোপনে ভারতীয় সেনাকে সাহায্য করেছিলেন উত্তরবঙ্গের বীর যোদ্ধা

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মাদুলির ভিতর লুকিয়ে রেখেছিলেন পৈতে! গোপনে ভারতীয় সেনাকে সাহায্য করেছিলেন উত্তরবঙ্গের বীর যোদ্ধা  ~ED.2~

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00:00In 1971, there was a war going on in Bangladesh. India sent its army to fight with the Pakistani army.

00:20At that time, Uttarbhanga was known as a war zone.

00:27He took part in the war in Paita. He helped the Indian army in Paita.

00:34Mukti Bahini's secret photographer Dwarsay Somnath Chowdhury.

00:39In 1971, during the independence war in Bangladesh, Somnath Chowdhury hid his Madhuli in Paita in the eyes of the Pak army.

00:49He took photos of the Khan army in Gopan and sent them to the Indian army and Mukti Bahini.

00:56Today, he is sitting in a corner of the city of Bangladesh and taking photographs.

01:03Let's listen to the story of the battle of Mukti in Bangladesh from Somnath Chowdhury.

01:26In 1971, I was living in a sub-division town in the Nadia district.

01:43The name of the district was Kushtiya.

01:46My circle was Kushtiya and Faridpur.

01:48It took time to send all the photos from there.

01:58If I knew, I would have died.

02:00I would have died too.

02:02The Pakistanis wouldn't have kept me.

02:04I was a witness to their victory on December 16.

02:10I witnessed everything.

02:13As a Brahmin, I was bound by the Muslim religion.

02:18On December 16?

02:20Yes. I was buried in Tabiz.

02:22I didn't leave Paita.

02:24On December 16, the Pakistanis surrendered.

02:31I changed my identity.

02:33I went to India.

02:36I was a Muslim.

02:38I forgot the Urdu language.

02:41They didn't allow me to speak Urdu with them.

02:46I knew a little bit, but I forgot.

02:49The shopkeepers would take me to them.

02:52They would ask me to come and talk to them.

02:56They would ask me what I wanted.

02:58They would give me food.

03:05They would tell me the price.

03:08They would give me whatever I wanted.

03:11You mentioned history.

03:15You were a witness to their victory on December 16.

03:19Yes, December 16.

03:20In 1931.

03:22After so many days, we heard that the freedom fighters

03:27who didn't come to India, didn't they give you training?

03:30Yes, they gave me training.

03:32I was in Krishna Nagar.

03:39Rangpur, Bogura, Matilimuthi.

03:43Rangpur was here.

03:52On December 16, 1931,

03:55the Pakistanis surrendered to the freedom fighters

03:59and then declared this day as Bangladesh's Victory Day.

04:07Since then, this day has been celebrated as Victory Day.

04:11Today, the Victory Day is celebrated in different parts of India

04:15with the faith of the martyrs.

04:20Bureau Report, One India Bangla

04:29For more information, visit www.dfid.gov.in

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