Every year, the 16th of December brings with it a painful reminder of the fall of Dhaka 1971, resulting in various myths being associated with this national tragedy.
The biggest myth repeated every year by some of our pseudo-intellectuals is the state of Pakistan that was created in light of Allama Iqbal’s dream, the idea of Chaudhry Rehmat Ali and the Two Nation Theory of Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah has been lost. Today’s Pakistan is only half of the country envisioned by the founding fathers, thereby casting aspirations upon the legitimacy of the very struggle of the Pakistan Movement, and sacrifice of millions of lives lost at independence. In order to debunk this myth, it is necessary to reflect upon the political factors that place East Bengal’s union with Pakistan in its proper historical context.
All India Muslim League was formed in the year 1906 to secure the rights of Muslims of subcontinent within the constitutional limits of the British Raj, founders of Muslim League considered Urdu the representative language of the Muslims of the Indian subcontinent, and all its resolutions were drawn in Urdu. However, Muslim political leaders from Bengal deemed the political interests of Bengali Muslims unique to Bengal politics, and therefore on the 2nd of March 1912, they formed Bengal Provincial Muslim League in Dhaka, as a branch of the parent organisation of All India Muslim League. A significant difference was that its resolutions were drawn in Bangla, and their politics focused solely on the welfare of Muslims of Bengal. Hussain Shaheed Suhrawardy, Abdul Hasheem, and AK Fazle Haq remained at the helm of its affairs, and the central Muslim League dealt with Bengal politics only through BPML.
Myth of the Breakup of Pakistan
Every year, the 16th of December brings with it a painful reminder of the fall of Dhaka 1971, resulting in various myths being associated with this national tragedy.
The biggest myth repeated every year by some of our pseudo-intellectuals is the state of Pakistan that was created in light of Allama Iqbal’s dream, the id…
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