History Of The War Of Liberation Of Pabna District

History of the War of Liberation An encounter was held between the freedom fighters and the Pak army on 29 March 1971 at the Telephone Exchange Compound of Pabna sadar upazila in which 22 Pak soldiers were killed. On the same day the Pak army killed 5 youths at village Madhabdi under Ishwardi upazila. On 31 March 1971, the freedom fighters resisted the Pak army at the Nagarbari Ferry Ghat of Bera upazila. On 9 April, the Pak army conducted air raids onthe Nagarbari Ferry Ghat in order to dislodge the freedom fighters whena number of innocent civilians were killed. On 19 April, a battle was fought between the freedom fighters and the Pak army at Paikarhati (meeting place' of Bera and Santhia on the Nagarbari-Bogra highway) in which 25 freedom fighters and 150 Pak soldiers were killed. On 22 May 1971, the Pak army killed 156 innocent persons at village Hadal of Faridpur upazila. They also conducted heavy plundering, set 70 houses on fire and violated women. On 30 Baishakh (Bangla month), the Pak army in collaboration with the razakars indiscriminately fired on innocent people of village Demra under Faridpur upazila killing nearly 800 persons. They also conducted plundering, violation of women and set mosques, temples, schools, madrasas and settlements on fire. On 4 Bhadra (Bangla month), the Pak army arrested 700 persons of village Gopalpur of this upazila and killed 26 of them; they also conducted heavy plundering and violation of women. On 27 Ramadan (Hijri month), the Pak army killed 8 innocent persons at village Majat and 3 persons at village Ratanpur of the upazila. In the month of October 1971 a battle was fought between the freedom fighters and the Pak army at a place on the bank of the river Chiknai near the Railway Bridge of Chatmohar upazila in which 7 freedom fighters were killed. On 27 November the Pak army in collaboration with the razakars violated women at Dhulaura Fakir Para of Nagdemra union under Santhia upazila. The Pak army captured 22 freedom fighters from this place and killed 21 of them by bayonet charge; however, one freedom fighter somehow managed to escape. On 14 December the 12th span of the hardinge bridge broke down into the river due to bombing on the bridge by the Indian Air Forces; besides, spans number 9 and 15 were also partially damaged. On 14 December the Pak army shot three freedom fighters of Sujanagar upazila dead.'

Marks of the War of Liberation Mass grave 4 (Pabna sadar, Atgharia, Bera, Santhia); Mass killing site 7 (Bera 2, Faridpur 2, Sujanagar 3), Memorial monument 5 (Chatmohar 1, Ishwardi 1, Pabna sadar 1, Santhia 2); Memorial sculpture 1 (Paikorhat in Bera).