Dhaka, March 7 -- Today is the historic 7th March.

On this day in 1971, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman had delivered his epoch-making speech of independence before a mammoth rally at the historic Racecourse Maidan, now Suhrawardy Udyan, in Dhaka city.

In 2017, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) recognised the historic March 7 Speech of Bangabandhu as a world documentary heritage.

In his 19-minute extempore speech before a million freedom-loving people, Bangabandhu had made a clarion call for a non-cooperation movement asking the nation to prepare for the war of independence to liberate the country from the exploitative Pakistan regime.

"The struggle this time is for freedom, the struggle this time is ...