Dhaka, Dec. 13 -- Every nation has some days which are inscribed in the pages of history with letters of gold. These days carry memories of the glorious events that inspire people, that make people feel proud. The Bangladeshi people by tradition love freedom, but the Pakistani tyrants and oppressors kept us suppressed with the power of their guns for long 24 years. They deprived us of all that we deserved and aspired. We wanted to speak our mother tongue, we wanted economic emancipation, we wanted due share of the national wealth, we wanted proportionate participation of our people in defense forces and civil administration, but everywhere we were treated as inferior. In our own land, we were rated as second class citizens.

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