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== 14 December executions == | == 14 December executions == | ||
As the war neared its end and [[Surrender of Dhaka|Pakistani surrender]] became apparent, the Pakistan Army made a final effort to eliminate the intelligentsia of the new nation of Bangladesh.<ref>{{cite news |last=Hensher |first=Philip |title=The war Bangladesh can never forget |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/the-war-bangladesh-can-never-forget-8501636.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/the-war-bangladesh-can-never-forget-8501636.html |archive-date=1 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |newspaper=The Independent |date=19 February 2022}}{{cbignore}}</ref> On 14 December 1971, over 200 Bengali intellectuals including professors, journalists, doctors, artists, engineers, and writers were abducted from their homes in [[Dhaka]] by the [[Al-Badr (East Pakistan)|Al-Badr]] militia and the Pakistan Army. Notable novelist [[Shahidullah Kaiser]] and playwright [[Munier Choudhury]] were among the victims. They were taken blindfolded to torture cells in Mirpur, Mohammadpur, [[Nakhalpara]], Rajarbagh and other locations in different parts of the city. Later they were executed ''en masse,'' most notably at Rayerbazar and Mirpur. In memory of the martyred intellectuals, 14 December is mourned in Bangladesh as ''Shaheed Buddhijibi Dibosh'', or [[Day of the Martyred Intellectuals]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.newstoday.com.bd/index.php?option=details&news_id=2331520&date=2012-12-14 |title=DU set to observe Martyred Intellectuals Day, Victory Day |work=[[News Today]] |access-date=14 December 2012 |archive-date=14 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131214080454/http://www.newstoday.com.bd/index.php?option=details&news_id=2331520&date=2012-12-14 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | As the war neared its end and [[Surrender of Dhaka|Pakistani surrender]] became apparent, the Pakistan Army made a final effort to eliminate the intelligentsia of the new nation of Bangladesh.<ref>{{cite news |last=Hensher |first=Philip |title=The war Bangladesh can never forget |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/the-war-bangladesh-can-never-forget-8501636.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/the-war-bangladesh-can-never-forget-8501636.html |archive-date=1 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |newspaper=The Independent |date=19 February 2022}}{{cbignore}}</ref> On 14 December 1971, over 200 Bengali intellectuals including professors, journalists, doctors, artists, engineers, and writers were abducted from their homes in [[Dhaka]] by the [[Al-Badr (East Pakistan)|Al-Badr]] militia and the Pakistan Army. Notable novelist [[Shahidullah Kaiser]] and playwright [[Munier Choudhury]] were among the victims. They were taken blindfolded to torture cells in Mirpur, Mohammadpur, [[Nakhalpara]], Rajarbagh and other locations in different parts of the city. Later they were executed ''en masse,'' most notably at Rayerbazar and Mirpur. In memory of the martyred intellectuals, 14 December is mourned in Bangladesh as ''Shaheed Buddhijibi Dibosh'', or [[Day of the Martyred Intellectuals]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.newstoday.com.bd/index.php?option=details&news_id=2331520&date=2012-12-14 |title=DU set to observe Martyred Intellectuals Day, Victory Day |work=[[News Today]] |access-date=14 December 2012 |archive-date=14 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131214080454/http://www.newstoday.com.bd/index.php?option=details&news_id=2331520&date=2012-12-14 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | ||