মাদুলির ভিতর লুকিয়ে রেখেছিলেন পৈতে! গোপনে ভারতীয় সেনাকে সাহায্য করেছিলেন উত্তরবঙ্গের বীর যোদ্ধা
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00:00In 1971, there was a war going on in Bangladesh. India sent its army to fight with the Pakistani army.
00:20At that time, Uttarbhanga was known as a war zone.
00:27He took part in the war in Paita. He helped the Indian army in Paita.
00:34Mukti Bahini's secret photographer Dwarsay Somnath Chowdhury.
00:39In 1971, during the independence war in Bangladesh, Somnath Chowdhury hid his Madhuli in Paita in the eyes of the Pak army.
00:49He took photos of the Khan army in Gopan and sent them to the Indian army and Mukti Bahini.
00:56Today, he is sitting in a corner of the city of Bangladesh and taking photographs.
01:03Let's listen to the story of the battle of Mukti in Bangladesh from Somnath Chowdhury.
01:26In 1971, I was living in a sub-division town in the Nadia district.
01:43The name of the district was Kushtiya.
01:46My circle was Kushtiya and Faridpur.
01:48It took time to send all the photos from there.
01:58If I knew, I would have died.
02:00I would have died too.
02:02The Pakistanis wouldn't have kept me.
02:04I was a witness to their victory on December 16.
02:10I witnessed everything.
02:13As a Brahmin, I was bound by the Muslim religion.
02:18On December 16?
02:20Yes. I was buried in Tabiz.
02:22I didn't leave Paita.
02:24On December 16, the Pakistanis surrendered.
02:31I changed my identity.
02:33I went to India.
02:36I was a Muslim.
02:38I forgot the Urdu language.
02:41They didn't allow me to speak Urdu with them.
02:46I knew a little bit, but I forgot.
02:49The shopkeepers would take me to them.
02:52They would ask me to come and talk to them.
02:56They would ask me what I wanted.
02:58They would give me food.
03:05They would tell me the price.
03:08They would give me whatever I wanted.
03:11You mentioned history.
03:15You were a witness to their victory on December 16.
03:19Yes, December 16.
03:20In 1931.
03:22After so many days, we heard that the freedom fighters
03:27who didn't come to India, didn't they give you training?
03:30Yes, they gave me training.
03:32I was in Krishna Nagar.
03:39Rangpur, Bogura, Matilimuthi.
03:43Rangpur was here.
03:52On December 16, 1931,
03:55the Pakistanis surrendered to the freedom fighters
03:59and then declared this day as Bangladesh's Victory Day.
04:07Since then, this day has been celebrated as Victory Day.
04:11Today, the Victory Day is celebrated in different parts of India
04:15with the faith of the martyrs.
04:20Bureau Report, One India Bangla
04:29For more information, visit www.dfid.gov.in