East Pakistan Central Peace Committee
East Pakistan Central Peace Committee (
Background
On 25 March 1971, the liberation war began. On 4 April 1971, twelve pro-Pakistan leaders, including
History
The leaders of the East Pakistan Central Peace Committee called on citizens of Pakistan to defend Pakistan from "Indian aggression", as India was supporting the Bangladesh liberation movement. The Peace Committee organised a rally from
The Peace Committee spread throughout East Pakistan, reaching even rural villages. Compared to the indiscriminate killing of Pakistan Army the Peace Committee were more specific and guided by lists they made of opponents.[13] The Peace Committee members were feared and hated by the population of East Pakistan. Peace committee members were killed during Bangladesh Liberation War.[14]
On 14 April, at a meeting in Dhaka, the Citizen Peace Committee renamed itself as the East Pakistan Central Peace Committee. A working committee was formed consisting of 21 members.[15] They set up an office in Maghbazar. The Peace Committee appointed one or more liaison officers for the different police station areas of Dhaka. On 17 April 1971, the members of the peace committee apprised Governor Tikka Khan of the progress made by them toward restoring normalcy and confidence among the citizens.[16] The central peace committee was being deputed to the district and divisional headquarters throughout east Pakistan.[17] The peace committee in Munshiganj gave a grand reception to the West Pakistani militaries on 11 May 1971.[18]
According to the historian Azadur Rahman Chandan in his 2011 book about the war, the Peace Committee was the first organisation to be set up by local residents who collaborated with Pakistan.[5] Its members were drawn from the political parties of the Muslim League and Jamaat-e-Islami, which thought an independent Bangladesh was against Islam; as well as the Urdu-speaking Biharis.[19]
Genocide
The victims of Bangladesh genocide (1971) is remembered by the annual national Bangladesh Genocide Remembrance Day, the perpetrators were the
Abolition
On 16 December 1971, after the end of the war, the committee was abolished.[citation needed]
Former members
- Khwaja Khairuddin - president of the East Pakistan Council Muslim League
See also
- Bangladesh genocide (1971)
- Bangladesh Genocide Remembrance Day
- Al Badr, perpetrator
- Al Sham, perpetrator
- Razakars, perpetrator
- List of massacres in Bangladesh
- Persecution of Biharis in Bangladesh
- Persecution of Buddhists in Bangladesh
- Persecution of Hindus in Bangladesh
- Persecution of Christians in Bangladesh
- Persecution of atheists and secularists in Bangladesh
References
- ^ Mamoon, Muntassir (2012). "Peace Committee". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
- ^ ভারতীয় চক্রান্ত বরদাস্ত করব না [We will never tolerate Indian conspiracy]. The Daily Sangram. 13 April 1971.
- ISBN 978-0-7656-4138-0.
- ISBN 978-0-8330-4807-3.
- ^ a b Chandan, Azadur Rahman (February 2011) [2009]. একাত্তরের ঘাতক ও দালালরা [The Killers and Collaborators of 71] (Revised 2nd ed.). Dhaka: Jatiya Sahitya Prakash. pp. 48–54.
- ^ "'Peace Committee formed on Apr 10 in '71 to resist birth of Bangladesh'". The Daily Star. Archived from the original on 8 March 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
- ^ ঢাকায় নাগরিক শান্তি কমিটি. Dainik Pakistan. 11 April 1971.
- ^ "Wartime crime charges against Ghulam Azam". The Daily Observer. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
- ^ Daily Pakistan. 25 May 1971.
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(help) - ^ The Daily Azad. 26 May 1971.
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(help) - ^ The Wall Street Journal, 27 July 1971; quoted in the book Muldhara 71 by Moidul Hasan
- ^ "Guilty of all grisly acts". bdnews24.com. 15 July 2013. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-7619-3401-1.
- ^ United States Congress (1971). Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the ... Congress. U.S. Government Printing Office. pp. 27134–27135.
- The Pakistan Observer. 16 April 1971.
- ^ "Peace Committee Leaders call on the Governor". The Pakistan Observer. 17 April 1971.
- ^ "Peace Committee to be set up in districts". The Pakistan Observer. 26 April 1971.
- ^ Daily Purbadesh. 11 May 1971.
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(help) - ^ Kann, Peter R. (27 July 1971). "East Pakistan Is Seen Gaining Independence, But It Will Take Years". The Wall Street Journal.