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173 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিল : চতুর্থ খন্ড শিরোনাম সূত্র তারিখ ভারতের প্রধানমন্ত্রীর কাছে লিখিত | এ্যাকশন কমিটির ষ্টিয়ারিং কমিটি ২৯ অক্টোবর, ১৯৭১ বাংলাদেশ এ্যাকশন কমিটির ষ্টিয়ারিং কমিটির আহবায়কের একটি চিঠি SΤΕΕRΙΝΟ ΟΟΜΜΙΤΤΕΕ ΟΗ THE ACTION COMMITTEE FOR THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF BANGLADESH IN U. K. 11 GORING STREET LONDON EC 3 Tel: 01–283 5526/3623 October 29, 1971 TO Her Excellency the Prime Minister of India, Your Excellency. People of Bangladesh residing in Great Britain offer their respectful greetings on the occasion of your august visit to this country and we would like to avail of this opportunity to offer you our heartfelt gratitude for the immense help that your Government and people have extended to all those millions who had to take shelter in your land from the terror of the West Pakistan army. Your Excellency is fully aware that genocide, rape, loot and arson are still being committed in Bangladesh by the army of Yahya Khan. The flow of refugees to your country is due to their ruthless oppression unparalleled in human history and will not end until they can go back to an independent Bangladesh to live there in safety, honor and dignity. You are also aware how our land has been exploited economically and dominated politically by West Pakistan for the last 24 years, and when without calling off the talks with our beloved leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the army of Yahya Khan unleashed a reign of terror in Bangladesh, we took up arms to resist them, declared independence and the elected representative of Bangladesh formally installed a Government. We have a territory of our own and we are a separate nation by virtue of our habits, thoughts and culture. We already have vast tracts of liberation zones. In exercise of the right of self-determination guaranteed under the U.N. Charter we have declared independence, and it is the duty of the world community and of the Government of the world to recognize this reality.