Discover Bengal · Unfolded
❦Tanvir Mokammel
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Resources
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1971
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A mega-documentary on the Bangladesh Liberation War, valuable as a broad visual archive of the year 1971.
Achin Pakhi / The Unknown Bard
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A documentary on the Bauls and Lalon’s world of folk-spiritual culture, useful for Bengali cultural history.
Karnaphulir Kanna / Teardrops of Karnaphuli
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A documentary on the plight of indigenous people in the Chittagong Hill Tracts and the politics of displacement.
Oie Jamuna / A Tale of the Jamuna River
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A documentary on the Jamuna river, useful for riverine Bengal, ecology, and cultural landscape.
Seemantorekha / The Borderline
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A documentary on 1947 Bengal Partition memory, borders, displacement, and divided homes; useful as a historical text on partition aftermath.
Smriti Ekattor / Remembrance of '71
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A documentary on the massacre of Bengali intellectuals in December 1971 and the memory of the intellectual killings.
Swapnabhumi / The Promised Land
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A documentary on the Urdu-speaking/Bihari stranded communities, connecting 1947 migration, 1971 conflict, and long-term statelessness.
Tajuddin Ahmad: An Unsung Hero
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Important for Mujibnagar leadership and Tajuddin Ahmad’s role in 1971 political command.
Related Events
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1971
Liberation War
The 1971 Liberation War was the final resistance of the people of East Pakistan against long-standing political, economic, and cultural discrimination. After the denial of the people's mandate in the 1970 election and the military crackdown of 25 March, this struggle transformed into an armed war of liberation that led to the birth of independent Bangladesh.
1947
Partition and Eastern Bengal
In 1947, British India was divided into India and Pakistan, and Bengal itself was split into West Bengal and East Bengal. This chapter traces how rushed borders, communal politics, and mass displacement reshaped the region and set the stage for later struggles over language, autonomy, and identity.
1975
BAKSAL: Formation and Collapse
In 1975, Bangladesh entered a decisive turning point: the transition toward BAKSAL, escalating political centralization, the assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on 15 August, and the jail killings of 3 November. These events reshaped the state, party politics, and military-civil relations for decades.
1982
Ershad's Coup and the Return of Military Rule
On 24 March 1982, Army Chief Hussain Muhammad Ershad seized power, removed President Abdus Sattar's elected government, suspended parts of the constitution, and imposed martial law. The coup ended a fragile civilian experiment that had followed the turbulence of the late 1970s and reinserted the military directly into the core of Bangladesh's political order. What followed was not only a change of ruler but the beginning of a new authoritarian phase that reshaped institutions, party politics, and the language of democratic resistance.
1990
Mass Uprising
The 1990 Mass Uprising was the culmination of years of resistance to military-backed authoritarian rule in Bangladesh. Students, political alliances, professional associations, and ordinary citizens converged in a coordinated movement that forced Hussain Muhammad Ershad to resign and opened the path to caretaker-led democratic transition.