''Deyal'' (

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: দেয়াল,

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: Wall) is a 2015 political/historical novel by Bangladeshi writer

Humayun Ahmed Humayun Ahmed ( Help:IPA/Bengali, �umajuːn aɦmed 13 November 1948 – 19 July 2012) was a Bangladeshi novelist, Playwdramatist, screenwriter, filmmaker, songwriter, scholar, and academic. His breakthrough was his debut novel ''Nondito Noro ...

, based on the socio-political crisis in the aftermath of the war of

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. It was the last novel of the writer and was published one year after his death. The publication of the book was delayed by a High Court verdict.

Background

In the midst of 2011, Ahmed started writing the book and after writing the first five chapters, these parts were published in ''Anyadin'' magazine. After a long period, while he was in treatment of cancer in United States, he again started writing the novel, but he died before completing the last part of the work. The novel was written according to several well-known historical literatures following the events after the Liberation war, including '' Bangladesh: A Legacy of Blood'' by

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Characters

* Obonti * Shafiq * Sarfaraz Khan * Isabella *

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* Radhanath *

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (17 March 1920 – 15 August 1975), also known by the honorific Bangabandhu, was a Bangladeshi politician, revolutionary, statesman and activist who was the founding president of Bangladesh. As the leader of Bangl ...

Khaled Mosharraf Khaled Mosharraf (; 9 November 1937 – 7 November 1975) was a two star officer in Bangladesh Army, who is known for his role in the Bangladesh Liberation War and the subsequent coups in post-independence Bangladesh. After deposing Khondakar ...

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* AHM Qamaruzzaman * M Monsur Ali * Major Syed Faruque Rahman * Major Rashid *

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* Lieutenant General Ziaur Rahman * Major General Khaled Mosharraf * Major General Monjur * Indian spy Kao * Major Rashid * Major Dalim * Qader Bangladeshi-tea seller * Colonel Taher * Captain Ishtiaq * Captain Faruq * Chanu Bhai * Dora Rasna * Major Naser * Awami Leaguer Mojammel * Pir Hamid Kutubi * Hafez Jahangir * Captain Shams * Andha Pir

Controversy

Before being published, there was controversy over the accuracy of a section of the book, that related to the killing of

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in the

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, and a case was brought in the Bangladesh High Court by

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Mahbubey Alam. According to the high court's order, the first part of the book had to be changed and the Government was ordered to provide Humayun Ahmed with a copy of the verdict on the killing so that he might correct factual inaccuracies.

Reception

''Deyal'' was a best seller in the 2013

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. In 2013, Justices AHM Shamsuddin Choudhury and Sheikh Md Zakir Hossain of the

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issued a verdict challenging the execution of Colonel

Abu Taher Abu Taher (; 14 November 1938 – 21 July 1976) was a Bangladeshi military officer and war hero. He first served in the Pakistan Army, and later defected to the Bangladesh Army during the Bangladesh Liberation War. He crossed into India around ...

in which they made references to ''Deyal''.

References

External links

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