Declaration
Mujibnagar Proclamation of Independence, 1971
The provisional government of Bangladesh formally proclaimed independence at Mujibnagar (Baidyanathtala), retroactively effective from 26 March 1971, and swore in Tajuddin Ahmad as its first Prime Minister.
What happened
On 17 April 1971, at Baidyanathtala in Meherpur district (renamed Mujibnagar that day), a provisional constituent assembly formed by Awami League members of the Pakistani parliament formally proclaimed the independence of Bangladesh, retroactively effective from Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's 26 March 1971 declaration; the Proclamation, drafted by M. Amir-ul Islam and read at the ceremony by Professor M. Yusuf Ali, served as the provisional government's interim constitution until Bangladesh's own constitution took effect on 16 December 1972. Tajuddin Ahmad was sworn in as the provisional government's first Prime Minister at the same ceremony.[1]
Sources for this page
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Claim: On 17 April 1971, at Baidyanathtala in Meherpur district (renamed Mujibnagar that day), a provisional constituent assembly formed by Awami League members of the Pakistani parliament formally proclaimed the independence of Bangladesh, retroactively effective from 26 March 1971; the Proclamation, drafted by M. Amir-ul Islam and read at the ceremony by Professor M. Yusuf Ali, served as the provisional government's interim constitution until Bangladesh's own constitution took effect on 16 December 1972, and Tajuddin Ahmad was sworn in as the provisional government's first Prime Minister at the same ceremony.
- Proclamation of Independence (Banglapedia) link, Proclamation and government formation section. Source record