Ghulam Azam
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Ghulam Azam was a Bangladeshi politician and Islamic scholar who served as the first emir of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami from 1992 to 2002.
Azam in 2009
Ghulam Azam meets Governor Lt. Gen. Tikka Khan, one of the top architects of Operation Searchlight on 4 Apr. 1971 in Dhaka
Bangladesh Liberation War
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The Bangladesh Liberation War, also known as the Bangladesh War of Independence, was an armed conflict sparked by the rise of the Bengali nationalist and self-determination movement in East Pakistan,
Ghulam Azam
…2002. Azam was accused of being involved in forming paramilitary groups, including Razakar Bahini and Al-Badr, to support the Pakistan Army during the Bangladesh Liberation War by the then government of Sheikh Hasina. These militias were involved in war crimes, including murder, rape, and torture during the Bangladesh genocide…
Clockwise from top left: Martyred Intellectuals Memorial; Bangladesh Forces howitzer; A. A. K. Niazi signs the Pakistani Instrument of Surrender to the joint forces in the presence of Jagjit Singh Aurora; and the PNS Ghazi
Language movement memorial
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the leader of East Pakistan, and later Bangladesh
Illustration showing military units and troop movements during the war