THE PROCASTINATOR

Wednesday, April 26, 2006

Agartala Conspiracy Case

The persons included in the charge-sheet were
  1. Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
  2. Commander Moazzem Hossain
  3. Steward Mujibur Rahman
  4. former LS Sultanuddin Ahmad
  5. LSCDI Nur Mohammad
  6. Ahmed Fazlur Rahman CSP
  7. Flight Sergeant Mahfiz Ullah
  8. Corporal Abdus Samad
  9. former Havildar Dalil Uddin
  10. Ruhul Quddus CSP
  11. Flight Sergeant Md. Fazlul Haq
  12. Bibhuti Bhushan Chowdhury alias Manik Chowdhury
  13. Bidhan Krishna Sen
  14. Subedar Abdur Razzaque
  15. former clerk Mujibur Rahman
  16. former Flight Sergeant Md. Abdur Razzaque
  17. Sergeant Zahurul Haq
  18. A.B. Khurshid
  19. Khan Mohammad Shamsur Rahman CSP
  20. AKM Shamsul Haque
  21. Havildar Azizul Haq
  22. Mahfuzul Bari
  23. Sergeant Shamsul Haq
  24. Shamsul Alam
  25. Captain Md. Abdul Motaleb
  26. Captain A. Shawkat Ali Mian
  27. Captain Khondkar Nazmul Huda
  28. Captain M Nuruzzaman
  29. Sergeant Abdul Jalil
  30. Mahbub Uddin Chowdhury
  31. Lt. M Rahman
  32. former Subedar Tajul Islam
  33. Ali Reza
  34. Captain Khurshid Uddin Ahmed
  35. Lt. Abdur Rauf

Thomas William, a British lawyer and a member of the British Parliament, filed a writ petition in Dhaka High Court on behalf of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman challenging the legality of the formation of the tribunal assited by Abdus Salam Khan, Ataur Rahman Khan, and others.

The 6-point Programme

The ‘Megna Carta’ of the Bangalees’ national struggle.
The 1965 Indo-Pak War came as an eye-opener for the Bangalees. During the War, East Bengal became completely isolated from the rest of the world. East Pakistanis were left to their fate, without military defence and security, while the Pakistani rulers kept themselves busy in defending the West Pakistani fronters. This exposed the extreme callousness of the Pakistani rulers to wards the Bangalee people. In this backdrop, soon after the end of the War, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman formulated the historic 6-point programme. His purpose was to voice the just demands of the people of East Bengal for self determination and economic emancipation from the exploitative Pakistani colonial state-system. The six points were as follows :
Point 1:
Pakistan shall be a Federal State. There shall be parliamentary government formed by a legislature elected on the basis of universal adult franchise.
Point 2:
The federating units or the provinces shall deal with all affairs except foreign relations and defence.
Point 3:
There shall be two separate but easily convertible currencies for the two wings of Pakistan. Or, alternatively, there may by a single currenct with the proviso that the Federal Bank shall take adequate measures to stop the ciphoning of money from East Pakistan to West Pakistan.
Point 4:
The federating units or provinces shall reserve the right to levy taxes. The central government, of course, shall have some share of the tax proceeds.
Point 5:
Separate accounts shall be maintained for the foreign exchange earnings of the two wings. The foreign exchange earned from foreign trade shall be under the control of the respective wings. The federating units shall be independent in conducting trades with foreign countries.
Point 6:
The federating provinces shall be able to raise para-militia or para-military forces for their own defences.

Sunday, April 16, 2006

The Seven Gates of Hell

1.Jahannam
2.Saqar
3.Laza
4.Al-Hutama
5.Al-Sair
6.Al-Jahim
7.al-Hawiya