A commemorative postage stamp on the Withdrawal of Agartala Conspiracy Case 22 February 1969 :

Issued by Bangladesh

Issued on Feb 22, 2021

Issued for : On this issue, Bangladesh Post has issued a Commemorative Stamp of tk. 10/- (Ten), a First Day Cover of tk. 10/- (Ten), a Data Card of tk. 5/- (Five) and a Special Canceller.

Designer : Mr. Sanjiv Kanti Das

Type : Stamp, Mint Condition

No. of Stamp : 01 (One) Piece

Colour : Multicolour

Denomination of Stamp : Tk. 10/- (Ten)

Size of Stamp : 32 mm x 48 mm

Perforation of Stamps : 12.5

Qnt of Stamps : 50,000 (Fifty Thousand) pcs

Process of Printing : Offset

Printer : The Security Printing Corporation (Bangladesh) Ltd., Gazipur-1703

About : 

• The charter of emancipation and independence of the Bengali Nation, the six-point programme instantly stirred the younger section of the population of the country. The reaction of the Ayub Government was very sharp. Terming it ‘secessionist’ president Ayub threatened to suppress the demand with the ‘language of weapon’. At one stage, the Ayub Government had recourse to a sort of ‘final solution’ in regard to the six-point movement by instituting in 1968 a case of conspiracy against Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (already in custody) and 34 other accused civil-military officers known as the ‘Agartala conspiracy case’ but officially styled as ‘state versus Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and others’. The accused were charged with treason and conspiracy against the state of Pakistan.
• The case caused a great turmoil and disorder in the then East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). The student community started a united movement against the autocratic Ayub Regime. They defied the section 144 imposed by the police and broke the barricades put by the then East Pakistan Rifles and came out to the streets in thousands.
• Eventually, it created a Mass-Upsurge. The Pakistani intriguer military rulers ordered shooting in different places of the then East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) to suppress the Mass-Upsurge. During this movement, a lot of people were killed including Sergeant Zahurul Haq. The Law and order situation deteriorated and worsened to such an extent that the rebellious move took control of all important points in the then provincial capital of Dhaka. The Pakistani autocratic military Government was compelled to grant unconditional release to Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and all the accused on February 22 and withdraw the infamous Agartala Conspiracy Case. Eventually Ayub Khan was compelled to resign from power and thus his infamous, intriguer and autocratic regime came to an end.
• The unconditional release of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman from the Agartala Conspiracy Case left behind a perpetual legacy of eternal emotion and passion of the Bengali Nation for Bangabandhu as manifested by exemplifying in the slogans where they chanted: “we’ll break the locks of the jail and free Sheikh Mujib”, “Your leader, my leader, Sheikh Mujib, Sheikh Mujib” etc.
• Narrator:
  Shafiee Billah Jabber
  Son of Martyred Intellectual Abdul Jabbar of Bangladesh Liberation War and
  Author of the Trust: Shaheed Buddhijibi (Martyred Intellectuals) Memorial Trust, Bangladesh.
  Editor and Publisher: The Daily Asian Express and Fortnightly City of Joy.
  

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