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Re-organization of Liberation Forces:

 The newly formed “Provisional” Government on April 14 set about the task of transforming the liberation army into an organized force by setting up a full-fledged operational base and an Interim capital and naming commanders for well-defined liberated zones.

 Col. Osmani of the Bengal Regiment, who had retired from active service some time before the flare-up in East Bengal, was appointed the General Officer Commanding-in- Chief of the “Mukti Fauj”.

 The names of regional commanders as announced by the Prime Minister, Mr. Tajuddin Ahmed, were: Maj. Khalid Musharaf, Sylhet-Comilla; Maj. Ziaur Rahman, Chittagong-Noakhali; Maj. Safiulla, Mymensingh-Tangail; and Maj. M.A. Osman, south-west.

 Besides the interim capital located in the western zone, a regional unit had been set in the Sylhet-Comilla zone with full administrative authority for the eastern region.

 He said that in the Sylhet-Comilla region, Maj. Khalid Musharaf of the Hast Bengal Regiment had driven the Army to the cantonments of Sylhet and Comilla.

 In the Chittagong-Noakhali sector, Maj. Ziaur Rahman was in full command of the liberation forces who had contained the enemy in limited pockets of Chittagong.

 Maj. Safiulla was poised to march on Dacca after liberating all areas in Mymensingh and Tangail.

 In the south-west region, Mr. Ahmed said. Maj. Osman had taken command. liberating large areas of Khulna, Kushtia, Jessore, Faridpur, Barisal and Patuakhali. The enemy remained confined to Jessore cantonment and parts of Khulna town.

 In north Bengal, a unified command of the East Bengal Regiment and the East Pakistan Rifles had laid siege on Rangpur and Saidpur enemy positions.

 Democratic Republic of Bangladesh Proclaimed:

 Amidst thunderous cheers from a 10,000-strong crowd which included contingents of the EPR, Ansars and Mujahids, the Democratic Republic of Bangladesh was proclaimed in Mujibnagar on April 17 as a formally constituted State, to be run by a presidential form of Government.