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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Mass Uprising Day''' ({{lang-bn|গণঅভ্যুত্থান দিবস}}) is observed in [[Bangladesh]] on 24 January to mark the climax of the movement of the people of the then [[East Pakistan]] for autonomy in 1969 that eventually led to the [[Bangladesh War of Independence|Independence War]] and emergence of [[Bangladesh]] in 1971.<ref name=indep/><ref name=ind/><br />
[[File:Mass uprising 1969 Dhaka University.jpg|thumb|A student procession at the [[University of Dhaka]] campus during the mass uprising of 1969.]]<br />
On this day in 1969 [[Matiur Rahman Mallik]], a standard IX student of the [[Nabakumar Institution]],<ref name=ind>{{cite news|title=Mass Uprising Day observed|url=http://www.independent-bangladesh.com/metropolitan-news/mass-uprising-day-observed.html|accessdate=2 September 2011|newspaper=Independent Bangladesh|date=26 January 2022}}</ref><ref name=newagebd>{{cite news|title=Mass Uprising Day today|url=http://newagebd.com/newspaper1/national/6264.html|accessdate=2 September 2011|newspaper=New Age BD|date=24 January 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326061148/http://newagebd.com/newspaper1/national/6264.html|archive-date=26 March 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> and Rustam Ali, a rickshaw-puller,<ref name=newagebd/> were killed in police fire on demonstrators in Dhaka as the Pakistani rulers desperately tried to suppress the popular uprising. The killings sparked off intense protests across the country that eventually saw the fall of the Ayub regime.<ref name=indep>{{cite news|title=Mass Uprising Day observed in Barisal|url=http://theindependentbd.com/paper-edition/metropolitan/others/30906-mass-uprising-day-observed-in-barisal.html|accessdate=2 September 2011|newspaper=Independent Bangladesh|date=25 January 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331144237/http://theindependentbd.com/paper-edition/metropolitan/others/30906-mass-uprising-day-observed-in-barisal.html|archive-date=31 March 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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It is said by politicians that the day teaches Bangladeshis the values of democracy<ref name=indep/><ref name=newagebd/> and to protest against oppression.<ref name=newagebd/><br />
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[[Category:History of East Pakistan]]<br />
[[Category:Bangladesh Liberation War]]<br />
[[Category:1969 in East Pakistan]]<br />
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