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❦Shanti Bahini Insurgency in the Chittagong Hill Tracts
Full list of figures, martyrs, coordinators, and collectives associated with 1976-1997.
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CHT Political Leader
Manabendra Narayan Larma is included as a key historical actor for understanding this chapter's political and social context.
Early post-independence debates on constitutional recognition and autonomy in the Chittagong Hill Tracts.
Their role helps explain how power, institutions, or ideas shifted during this period.
Details→Sector Commander and Z Force Commander
“A battlefield commander with major symbolic wartime visibility.”
He announced the declaration of independence over radio at Kalurghat and later commanded Sector 1, Sector 11, and Z Force in combat operations.
Chittagong and multiple fronts during the Liberation War, 1971.
His military and symbolic role helped mobilize resistance in the war’s early phase.
Awami League leader and prime minister during the 2024 uprising
As prime minister, she led the Awami League government during the July-August 2024 crackdown and resigned on 5 August 2024 after the student-led uprising reached a decisive national rupture.
Bangladesh politics from the anti-Ershad movement through the 2024 Anti-Discrimination Movement and post-resignation transition.
Her resignation turned the protest wave into a state-transition moment and made accountability for protest repression a central public question.
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