Kalurghat ( bn, কালুরঘাট) is located several miles north of the port city of

Chittagong Chittagong ( /ˈtʃɪt əˌɡɒŋ/ ''chit-uh-gong''; ctg, চিটাং; bn, চিটাগং), officially Chattogram ( bn, চট্টগ্রাম), is the second-largest city in Bangladesh after Dhaka and third largest city in ...

Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mo ...

, and is mostly famous for several heavy industries located there. A bridge near Kalurghat on the

Karnaphuli River Karnaphuli ( bn, কর্ণফুলি ''Kôrnophuli''; also spelt Karnafuli), or Khawthlangtuipui (in Mizo, meaning "western river"), is the largest and most important river in Chattogram and the Chattogram Hill Tracts. It is a wide rive ...

connects Chittagong city with the southern parts of the district. Kalurghat is also the location of the radio transmitter where Major

Ziaur Rahman Lt. General Ziaur Rahman (19 January 1936 – 30 May 1981), was a Bangladeshi military officer and politician who served as the President of Bangladesh from 1977 to 1981. He was assassinated on 30 May 1981 in Chittagong in an army coup ...

declared the independence of Bangladesh during the

Bangladesh Liberation War The Bangladesh Liberation War ( bn, মুক্তিযুদ্ধ, , also known as the Bangladesh War of Independence, or simply the Liberation War in Bangladesh) was a revolution and armed conflict sparked by the rise of the Bengali ...

in 1971. Using a makeshift radio transmitter located in Kalurghat, first

M A Hannan M. A. Hannan (February 10, 1930 – June 12, 1974) was a politician of Bangladesh. Early life M. A. Hannan born in Tehat, West Bengal on 10 February 1930. His father was Maulana Muhammad Muhibur Rahman, who was a Congress politician who later ...

on 26 March 1971 afternoon, and later on 26 March 1971 evening Ziaur Rahman, an army major then, and

President of Bangladesh The president of Bangladesh ( bn, বাংলাদেশের রাষ্ট্রপতি — ) officially the President of the People's Republic of Bangladesh ( bn, গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী বাংলাদেশে ...

much later, declared the Independence of Bangladesh, on behalf of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Sheikh Mujibur Rahman ( bn, শেখ মুজিবুর রহমান; 17 March 1920 – 15 August 1975), often shortened as Sheikh Mujib or Mujib and widely known as Bangabandhu (meaning ''Friend of Bengal''), was a Bengali politi ...

The first declaration

A translation into English of the first declaration of independence by

on 26 March 1971 is given below:

Zia's declaration

Major

's opening words in

Bengali Bengali or Bengalee, or Bengalese may refer to: *something of, from, or related to Bengal, a large region in South Asia * Bengalis, an ethnic and linguistic group of the region * Bengali language, the language they speak ** Bengali alphabet, the w ...

, "Ami Major Zia Bolchi", that is, "I am Major Zia speaking", were picked up by news agencies, and were given wide publicity across the globe. ''Ami Major Zia Bolchi'' were followed by declaration of a sovereign and independent Bangladesh at 26 March 1971 evening, in these words: After 27 March he also included the name of Bangobondu

in this declaration.

References

External links

Kalurghat Radio station
{{Coord, 22.39, N, 91.87, E, region:BD_type:city, display=title Populated places in Chittagong Division Bangladesh Liberation War