please compare the speech of 7 March with other famous speeches in history that you know about
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The 7th March Speech of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was a speech that reshaped the history of Bangladesh. Through the speech the people of the country had got the final directive and an indomitable inspiration to fight for the liberation war against the Pakistan junta. The vigorous speech of Bangabandhu encouraged people of all walks of life to prepare for the war that the Pakistani regime would launch on the unarmed Bangalees on March 26 midnight, committing one of the worst genocides in the history of the world that occurred the next nine months. In a thunderous voice, Sheikh Mujib started with the lines
“Today, I appeared before you with a heavy heart. You know everything and understand as well. We tried with our lives. But the painful matter is that today, in Dhaka, Chittagong, Khulna, Rajshahi and Rangpur, the streets are dyed red with the blood of our brethren. Today the people of Bengal want freedom, the people of Bengal want to survive, the people of Bengal want to have their rights. What wrong did we do?”
These words inspired people from all walks of life to prepare for the war that the Pakistani regime would inflict upon the unarmed Bangalees 18 days later, committing one of the worst genocides in human history. Bangabandhu gave the finest speech of his life disregarding the intimidation and threats of the Pakistani Army’s tanks, guns and machineguns, and in the presence of millions. In this difficult situation Bangabandhu delivered his historic speech at the
Racecourse Maidan by stipulating four conditions for the Pakistan military establishment, Bangabandhu concluded his thunderous speech by saying:
“This time, the struggle is for our liberation, this time the struggle is for independence”
It is worth to be mentioned here that Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s historic March 7, 1971 speech that effectively declared Bangladesh’s independence has been selected as one of the most rousing and inspirational wartime speeches in the last 2,500 years.
In fact, the war of liberation began 18 days later from the historic 7th March speech of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, when the Pakistan Army launched ‘Operation Searchlight’ against Bengali civilians, intelligentsia, students, politicians and armed personnel. Shortly before his arrest on the black night of March 25, Sheikh Mujib in his fiery and confident speech called on the freedom-loving Bangalees to wage a decisive struggle against the Pakistan tyranny.
The people of Bangladesh, irrespective of their political persuasions, can truly pay homage to Bangabandhu on 7th March, starting a fresh journey on the way to our cherished destination as dreamt by Bangabandhu. Let this day be a time for all of us for retrospection and taking fresh pride remembering the outstanding contributions that Bangabandhu made to the shaping of our national ethos. We can never repay the debt that the nation owes to him, but at least we can acknowledge his contributions with gratitude.