Understanding Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman: The Hard Road to Bangladesh's Independence and the Meaning of March 7th

Lecture by Professor James Manor that explores how Sheikh Mujibur Rahman led the challenging struggle for a democratic alternative to military rule and for the independence of Bangladesh. In this, the challenges were perhaps greater than they were for most leaders of the other new nations of Asia and Africa. The lecture also examines the significance of his historic speech on 7 March, 1971. As well as his readiness to make great personal sacrifices: twelve out of twenty-four years of undivided Pakistan he spent in jail, facing the gallows twice.

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