Editing Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra (section)

==Background==
[[File:Belal Muhammad delivering speech.jpg|thumb|[[Belal Muhammad (activist)|Belal Muhammad]], one of the founders of Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra, at a conference in [[Sandwip]], 2008]]

The end of [[British Raj|British rule]] in [[British India|India]] in August 1947, accompanied by the [[Partition of India]], gave birth to a new country named [[Pakistan]] which constituted [[Muslim]]-majority areas in the far east and far west of the [[Indian subcontinent]]. The Western zone was popularly (and for a period of time, also officially) termed [[West Pakistan]] and the Eastern zone (modern-day Bangladesh) was initially termed [[East Bengal]] and later, [[East Pakistan]]. The two zones were separated by over thousand miles of Indian territory in the middle, and had vastly different culture. It was widely perceived that the west zone dominated the country, leading to the effective marginalization of the east zone. Growing disenchantment among the people of East Pakistan finally led to civil disobedience followed by Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971.

During the period of Liberation War of Bangladesh, media supported mass sentiments. They aired patriotic songs and talk shows. In the process of achieving our independence by trouncing the atrocities of the Pakistani military forces, the war-time broadcasting station "Shadheen Bangla Betar Kendra" played a vital role- in increasing the mental state of the whole [[Bangladesh|Bangali nation]] by informing us how well we are advancing towards the victory. Shadheen Bangla Betar Kendra reached its pinnacle during the liberation war being acclaimed as the stool pigeon of war news updates through 'Chorom Potro'. In those days when radio was the only media reaching to the far ends of Bangladesh, Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra eventually turned as the orator of the Bangladesh government in exile. It ran the nationalist campaign throughout the war in gearing up our freedom fighters moral and also mobilizing world opinion in favor of Bangladesh.