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Proclamation of Independence of Bangladesh (1971)

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Primary documentary text of the 1971 proclamation used by the provisional government.

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March-April 1971

Declaration and Proclamation of Independence

Between late March and April 1971, Bangladesh's independence struggle moved from mass resistance to an explicit claim of statehood. The declaration of independence issued in Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's name after the 25 March crackdown, followed by the formal Proclamation of Independence adopted by the provisional leadership, gave the war a constitutional language, a legal rationale, and an organizing political center.

April 1971

Mujibnagar Government

In April 1971, leaders of Bangladesh's independence movement formed the provisional Mujibnagar Government, creating constitutional and diplomatic structure for wartime statehood.