Bangladesh Independence day 2019 | The Daily Star

The resistance during the 1971 Liberation War began in Rangpur early March and it was a full-on war even before the black night of March 25. Rangpur was tense after Sarfaraj Khan, a non-Bangalee, had shot 12-year-old Shanku Samajdar dead in the town on March 3.The resistance during the 1971 Liberation War began in Rangpur early March and it was a full-on war even before the black night of March 25.

Rangpur was tense after Sarfaraj Khan, a non-Bangalee, had shot 12-year-old Shanku Samajdar dead in the town on March 3.

A curfew was imposed, but the people of Rangpur defied it and continued protesting the murder.

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's historic March 7 Speech boosted their morale as it touched upon Rangpur and other places where people laid down their lives.

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