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Overshadowed by the name of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, lesser known Tajuddin Ahmed was the main architect of Bangladesh's independence war and subsequent liberation.. After the arrest of Sheikh Mujib, Tajuddin Ahmed crossed into India, met Indira Gandhi, secured assistance, formed Mukti Bahini, established a Government in Exile, foiled a plot of reconciliation with Pakistan by few prominent Awamileague leaders during the war, gained worldwide recognition by effective diplomacy, won the war and handed over the power to released Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
Before the dark night of 25th march, Awamileague leadership was alerted of the troop movement by Bengali officers. Tajuddin Ahmed drafted a declaration of independence hastily and took it to Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. His plan was to send the declaration to foreign journalists residing in Hotel Intercontinental and go into hidding. However hours before the start of Operation Search Light Sheikh Mujib refused to declare independence and sent Tajuddin Ahmed home. Brokenhearted Tajuddin returned home but managed to escape Pakistan Army by seconds who were sent to capture him. Disguised as Farmer he crossed the border and met BSF officers who then took him to Indira Gandhi.
That night his wife took shelter in neighbor's house and was interrogated but The Pakistani officer couldn't identify her as Tajuddin's wife. The officer who was assigned to capture Tajuddin found his old father in law in the house who could not flee due to old age. The army turned the house into makeshift camp and the officer soon started to respect and befriended the old man as he was an Islamic scholar and ex teacher of Arabic in the renowned Dhaka college.It was his conversation with the officer that made me open this thread.
One day The officer asked the old man " You are a good Muslim with great Islamic knowledge, How could you give your daughter to a Hindu ? " The old man replied "His name is Taj-Uddin-Ahmed and he is not a hindu." But the officer replied "no we have information that he is a RAW officer and his name is Tejaram. He entered into East Pakistan to break Pakistan into Two"
In truth Taj Uddin's family was from Gazipur. A conservative Muslim family. His father was Maulavi Muhammad Yasin Khan and mother Meherunnesa Khanam. Tajuddin was only taught Arabic and Persian in his early age. He became Hafiz e Quran ( learnt it By heart) and was sent to common school only at the insistence of his mother at later age.
Before the dark night of 25th march, Awamileague leadership was alerted of the troop movement by Bengali officers. Tajuddin Ahmed drafted a declaration of independence hastily and took it to Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. His plan was to send the declaration to foreign journalists residing in Hotel Intercontinental and go into hidding. However hours before the start of Operation Search Light Sheikh Mujib refused to declare independence and sent Tajuddin Ahmed home. Brokenhearted Tajuddin returned home but managed to escape Pakistan Army by seconds who were sent to capture him. Disguised as Farmer he crossed the border and met BSF officers who then took him to Indira Gandhi.
That night his wife took shelter in neighbor's house and was interrogated but The Pakistani officer couldn't identify her as Tajuddin's wife. The officer who was assigned to capture Tajuddin found his old father in law in the house who could not flee due to old age. The army turned the house into makeshift camp and the officer soon started to respect and befriended the old man as he was an Islamic scholar and ex teacher of Arabic in the renowned Dhaka college.It was his conversation with the officer that made me open this thread.
One day The officer asked the old man " You are a good Muslim with great Islamic knowledge, How could you give your daughter to a Hindu ? " The old man replied "His name is Taj-Uddin-Ahmed and he is not a hindu." But the officer replied "no we have information that he is a RAW officer and his name is Tejaram. He entered into East Pakistan to break Pakistan into Two"
In truth Taj Uddin's family was from Gazipur. A conservative Muslim family. His father was Maulavi Muhammad Yasin Khan and mother Meherunnesa Khanam. Tajuddin was only taught Arabic and Persian in his early age. He became Hafiz e Quran ( learnt it By heart) and was sent to common school only at the insistence of his mother at later age.
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