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The '''Ekattorer Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee''' was founded on 19 January 1992 by 101 Bangladeshi activists to seek justice for the [[1971 Bangladesh genocide|genocide]] carried out during the [[Bangladesh liberation war]].<ref name=Shehabuddin>{{cite book|last=Shehabuddin|first=Elora|title=Reshaping the Holy: Democracy, Development, and Muslim Women in Bangladesh|date=15 August 2008|publisher=Columbia University Press|isbn=978-0231141574|page=67}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Refugees |first=United Nations High Commissioner for |title=Refworld {{!}} Bangladesh: Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee; its existence in Dhaka; its structure; whether it is national; its aims and objectives; and how it is viewed by the authorities |url=https://www.refworld.org/docid/3df4be1120.html |access-date=2022-04-22 |website=Refworld |language=en}}</ref> Operating in Bangladesh and Britain they claim the policies of the [[Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami|Jamaat-e-Islami]] are similar to those of the [[British National Party]].<ref name=Wemyss>{{cite book|last=Wemyss|first=Georgie|title=The invisible empire: white discourse, tolerance and belonging|date=1 December 2009|publisher=Ashgate|isbn=978-0754673477}}</ref> The London branch protested against the arrival of [[Delwar Hossain Sayeedi]] at a Mosque in East London and demanded his British visa be revoked.<ref name=Kibria>{{cite book|last=Kibria|first=Nazli|title=Muslims in Motion: Islam and National Identity in the Bangladeshi Diaspora|date=15 May 2011|publisher=Rutgers University Press|isbn=978-0813550565|pages=104–105}}</ref>

In 2000, the committee's leaders established the secular heritage group [[Swadhinata Trust]] to raise youth awareness of, and pride in, Bengali history and culture.<ref name=Kibria />

==Notable members==
* [[Jahanara Imam]]<ref name=Shastri>{{cite book |last=Murshid |first=Tazeen M. |year=2001 |chapter=State, Nation, Identity: The Quest for Legitimacy in Bangladesh |editor1-last=Shastri |editor1-first=Amita |editor2-last=Jeyaratnam Wilson |editor2-first=A. |editor2-link=A. Jeyaratnam Wilson |title=The Post-Colonial States of South Asia: Political and Constitutional Problems |publisher=Curzon Press |page=170 |isbn=978-1-136-11866-1}}</ref>
* [[Shahriar Kabir]]<ref name=Mookherjee>{{cite book|last=Mookherjee|first=Nayanika|title=Traitors: Suspicion, Intimacy, and the Ethics of State-Building|date=26 November 2009|publisher=University of Pennsylvania Press|isbn=978-0812242133|page=54|editor=Sharika Thiranagama, Tobias Kelly}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Aftermath of the Bangladesh Liberation War]]
[[Category:1992 in Bangladesh]]

Nirmul Committee - Revision history

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