Bangladesh, Jan. 19 -- I, Major Ziaur Rahman,... do hereby declare the independence of Bangladesh,"-this was the clarion message of the then Major Ziaur Rahman during the crucial time Bangladesh endured as the Pakistan occupation force unleashed a barbaric genocide on its unarmed people turning it into a sea of blood making the countrymen confused, helpless and shell-shocked.

Ziaur Rahman appeared to be 'voice of as he revolted for independence on March 25 night that saw Pakistan army's inhumane cruelties on the people of Bangladesh who woke up in the middle of the night hearing indiscriminate gunshots, roaring of the canon and screams of victims.News BSS

His announcement of independence-first in front of his own Battalion after midnigh...