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Mujib consents to Bhutto joining talks with Yahya

Shahnaj Begum

Mujib and Yahya talks continued on March 21. Thousands agitated in the streets of East Pakistan. Pakistan People's Party chief ZA Bhutto came to Dhaka for talks with Mujib. With Bangabandhu finally consenting to Bhutto's joining the talks, Yahya Khan

Maulana Bhashani urges Yahya to form caretaker govt led by Mujib

Shahnaj Begum

Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani on March 20 urged Yahya Khan to allow a caretaker government to be formed under the leadership of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. He made the demand at a press conference where he said, This caretaker government

Pak troops fire on Bengali demonstrators in Joydebpur

Shahnaj Begum

On March 19 when the discussion was going on, the Pak army fired on the common people in Rangpur and Syedpur. But the people at Joydevpur created resistance in the face of firing of the Pak army. Bengali soldiers protested

Yahya-Mujib talks break down

Shahnaj Begum

On March 18 Sheikh Mujib declines to accept the probe body on recent firings and other incidents in different areas of East Pakistan, set up by the Martial Law Administrator Zone B Tikka Khan as the report said the cause

Mujib-Yahya talks head nowhere

Shahnaj Begum

Yahya-Mujib talks had began in Dhaka on March 16. But non-cooperation movement was continuing despite the table talks. Bangabandhu went to the President's House with a black flag fluttering on the flag stand of his white car. He, accompanied by

Yahya-Mujib talks begin

Shahnaj Begum

On March 15, President Yahya Khan flew again to Dhaka to hold constitutional talks with Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Due to extreme pressure of the movement, the government took a decision to have another round of discussion with the political parties.Yahya

‘Time running out’ hand over power to AL

Shahnaj Begum

People did not go to work in defiance of martial law orders on March 14 although Pakistan's ruler asked all employed civilians to restart their duties at the military establishments by authorities of the martial law on the previous day.On

Yahya’s order angers Bangabandhu

Shahnaj Begum

On March 13 Pakistan's ruler asked all employed civilians to restart their duties at the military establishments by authorities of the martial law.The order came with the warning that those who fail to follow it would not only be dismissed

Hand over power to AL, Asghar Khan to Pak govt

Shahnaj Begum

A roundtable conference between PDP and Jamaat-e-Islami and other parties with President Yahya Khan was held on March 12 in West Pakistan. Air Marshall (Retd) Asghar Khan, the chief of Tehriq-e-Ishteqtal Party, urged upon the government to transfer power to

Refusal to unload MV Swat leads to revolt of Bengali soldiers

Shahnaj Begum

On March 11, MV Swat, a Pakistani ship, carrying arms, ammunition and soldiers, arrive in the outer anchorage near Chittagong Port, but the Bengali workers, sailors and soldiers at the port refuse to unload the ship. A unit of East