b○br বাংরাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ দ্বাদশ খন্ড তাতে আমাদের সাহস বেড়েছে, আমাদের দেশের মর্যাদাও বৃদ্ধি পেয়েছে এবং বিশ্বের অনেক স্থানে এ সম্পর্কে যেসব কথা হচ্ছে তাতেও অনেক কিছুর মূল্যায়ন অন্য দেশের লোকদের ধারণা পরিষ্কার হয়ে যাবে। ভারতের অবস্থা সম্পর্কে তারা অনেক বিভ্রান্তির মধ্যে ছিল। ভারতের অবস্থান আজ সুস্পষ্ট হয়ে গেছে এবং যুদ্ধের তৃতীয় বা চতুর্থ দিনেই, আজ আমরা যখন একত্রিত হচ্ছি, আমি মনে করি, বিশ্বে যে নানারকম কথাবার্তা উঠছে, সে সব কথা শান্তি প্রতিষ্ঠার জন্য সুফলপ্রদ মোড় নেবে। আমি বেশি সময় না নিয়ে শুধু এই বলব, এখনই আমাদের দেশবাসী যেসন একথা মনে না করে যে, ভাবনা, আস্থা ও দূরদর্শিতার সঙ্গে চলতে হবে। SHRIP.K. DEO (Kalahandi): I congratulate the Prime Minister from the core of my heart for her bold decision. She has taken a very bold step, though belated. AN HON. MEMBER: At the right time. SHRI P.K. DEO: My party is fully with her. That Pakistan is a geographical absurdity has been proved today. We hope that the damage done by partition would be repaired, and we fully hope that it will open a golden chapter in the history of the sub-continent. This bold decision is really very courageous and has injected new spirit into the Indian nation and at the same time into freedom fighters and I salute the freedom fighters, our soldiers and the martyrs who have laid down their lives for Bangla Desh. SHRI TRIDIB CHAUDHURY (Berhampore): This is, as everybody has said, really a historic occasion, a great occasion, and long speeches are not need. Even then, we are reminded of the day when the Indian nation really came into its own, when on the banks of the Ravi, under the leadership of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. We took the solemn vow of independence. Similarly on the 264" March this year, on the banks of the Buri Ganga, Free Bangladesh was born, and Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Father of the Nation of Bangladesh, took the vow of an independent Bangladesh and declared the independence of Bangladesh. The Government and the Prime Minister have never been in more intimate communion with the national spirit, than today. In thank her and the Government sincerely from the core of my heart. PROF. MADHUDANDAVATE (Rajapur): Sir, the late Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru once said that freedom, like peace, is indivisible and a threat to freedom in one part of the world constitutes a threat to freedom elsewhere. I am glad the Prime Minister has listened to the voice of her father and in resounding terms, has accepted the freedom of Bangla Desh, which is in consonance with the freedom of our country. Today the freedom fighters and martyrs of Bangla Desh must have felt that their martyrdom has not gone in vain. They must have realised that the recognition of Bangladesh will not come at the diplomatic table, but it will emerge through the fire of revolution and struggle. And that way, the recognition of Bangla Desh by India has come. For that reason, I congratulate the Prime Minister and also the country. I do not wish to take much time. Today the martyrs and the freedom fighters of Bangla Desh must be remembering the words of the great Poet who said:
