Muktijoddha Sangsad a non-political welfare association of the combatants during the Bangladesh Liberation War formed on 13 February 1972. The organisation has a football club,

Muktijoddha Sangsad KC Muktijoddha Sangsad KC ( bn, মুক্তিযোদ্ধা সংসদ ক্রীড়া চক্র) is a Bangladeshi professional football club based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The club is nicknamed The Freedom Fighters. It competes i ...

, named after itself.

History

After the Partition of India,

East Bengal ur, , common_name = East Bengal , status = Province of the Dominion of Pakistan , p1 = Bengal Presidency , flag_p1 = Flag of British Bengal.svg , s1 = East ...

(present Bangladesh) became a province of

Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 243 million people, and has the world's second-lar ...

, later named

East Pakistan East Pakistan was a Pakistani province established in 1955 by the One Unit Policy, renaming the province as such from East Bengal, which, in modern times, is split between India and Bangladesh. Its land borders were with India and Myanmar, wi ...

. The relation between East and West Pakistan deteriorated after the partition. In 1970 Pakistan general election was won by the East Pakistan-based Awami League which was led by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. The Pakistan Military government refused to handover power to Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. On 25 March 1971 Pakistan military launched

Operation Searchlight Operation Searchlight was the codename for a planned military operation carried out by the Pakistan Army in an effort to curb the Bengali nationalist movement in former East Pakistan in March 1971. Pakistan retrospectively justified the opera ...

in East Pakistan, attacking political opponents in East Pakistan and starting the Bangladesh Liberation war. The

Mukti Bahini The Mukti Bahini ( bn, মুক্তিবাহিনী, translates as 'freedom fighters', or liberation army), also known as the Bangladesh Forces, was the guerrilla resistance movement consisting of the Bangladeshi military, paramilitary ...

was formed by Bengali personal of Pakistani security forces and civilians to fight for the Independence of Bangladesh and was commanded by the Mujibnagar government, the Bangladesh government in exile. Bangladesh became an independent country on 16 December 1971 through the signing of

Pakistani Instrument of Surrender The Pakistani Instrument of Surrender ( bn, পাকিস্তানের আত্মসমর্পণের দলিল, translit=Pākistānēr Atmasamarpaṇēr Dalil) was a written agreement between India, Pakistan, and the Provisional G ...

. During the 9 months' struggling,

Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...

became independent on 16 December 1971. About 3 million people had died and about 0.3 million women were raped by Pakistan military and allied paramilitaries. Muktijoddha Sangsad was formed on 13 February 1972, to preserve the memories of the Bangladesh Liberation war and look after the welfare of former Members of the Mukti Bahini. The aim of the organization is to find out living freedom fighters and give them national recognition. It formed the Muktijodda Kalyan Trust was formed to look after the welfare of Mukti Bahini members. It worked to ensure that they were able to access the 30% quota on government jobs and that they had indemnity from criminal cases filed against them before 28 February 1972 during the Bangladesh Liberation war.

References

{{reflist, 2 1972 establishments in Bangladesh Organisations based in Dhaka Aftermath of the Bangladesh Liberation War