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Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra. I, Major Ziaur Rahman, do hereby declare that Independent People's Republic of Bangladesh has been established. On the circumstances, I have taken the command as the temporary Head of the Republic. I call upon all Bengalees to rise against the attack by the West
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Pakistani Army. We shall fight to the last to free our motherland. Victory is, by the Grace of Allah, ours.
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