The Prison Diaries: The Rebel Who Founded a Nation

Born in 1920, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman studied law. One of the founders of the Awami League in 1949, he later led his party to an absolute majority in the 1970 election, a key event in the emergence of Bangladesh. On 7 March 1971 he called for a non-cooperation movement, proclaiming: "This struggle is the struggle for freedom; this struggle is the struggle for independence." Later that month he issued a declaration of independence and was arrested by the Pakistan Army. Following the Bangladesh...