The Unforgettable History word meaning

THE UNFORGETTABLE HISTORY(অবিস্মরণীয় ইতিহাস) UNIT-1, LESSON 2

Word-meanings

Overflow- উপচে পড়া ।

Grief- গভীর দুঃখ , প্রবল মনোবেদনা , তীব্র শোক।

Aware- অবগত , জ্ঞাত , সচেতন , অবহিত , সজাগ।

Import-অর্থ।

Cope-পেরে উঠা।

Awash- প্লাবিত , তরঙ্গবিধৌত , ভাসা , ভাসন্ত , ভাসমান।

Constitution- শাসনতন্ত্র; যে আইন বা নীতিসমূহ দ্বারা রাষ্ট্র পরিচালিত হয়।

Torture- যন্ত্রণা নিপীড়ন ,অসহ্য যঁত্রণাদান ,যন্ত্রণা দেত্তয়া।

Inflict- মারা , কষানো , বেসানো , হানা , শাস্তি প্রদান করা , যন্ত্রণা দেওয়া।

Shed- ঝরানো; খসানো; মোচন করা।

Repeatedly- বার বার।

Agony- বার বার।

Crimson- ঘন লাল রং , অলক্তবর্ণ , গাঢ় লাল রঙে রঞ্জিত করা।

Martial:–সামরিক।

Enslave:– ক্রীতদাসে পরিণত করা।

Launch:– চালু করা।

Assume:– ধরে নেওয়া;অনুমান করা।

Rein:–দায়িত্ব গ্রহন করা। Restore:– ফিরিয়ে দেওয়া।

Democracy:–গণতন্ত।

Majority:– সংখ্যাধিক অংশ ।

Negotiation:–আলাপ-আলোচনা

Assembly:–সভা ।

Slaughterhouse: কসাইখানা, ঘাতাগার।

Passage

My brothers,

I stand before you today with a heart overflowing with grief. You are fully

aware of the events that are going on and understand their import. We have

been trying to do our best to cope with the situation. And yet, unfortunately, the

streets of Dhaka, Chittagong, Khulna, Rajshahi and Rangpur are awash with

the blood of our brothers. The people of Bengal now want to be free, the people

of Bengal now want to live, and the people of Bengal now want their rights.

What have we done that was wrong? After the elections, the people of

Bangladesh voted as one for me, for the Awami League. We were to sit in the

National Assembly, draft a constitution for ourselves there, and build our

country; the people of this land would thereby get economic, political, and

cultural freedom. But it is with regret that I have to report to you today that we

have passed through twenty-three tragic years; Bengal’s history of those years is

full of stories of torture inflicted on our people, of blood shed by them

repeatedly. Twenty-three years of a history of men and women in agony!

The history of Bengal is the history of a people who have repeatedly made

their highways crimson with their blood. We shed blood in 1952; even though

we were the victors in the elections of 1954 we could not form a government

then. In 1958 Ayub Khan declared Martial Law to enslave us for the next ten

years. In 1966 when we launched the six point movement our boys were shot

dead on 7 June. When after the movement of 1969 Ayub Khan fell from power

and Yahya Khan assumed the reins of the government he declared that he

would give us a constitution and restore democracy; we listened to him then. A

lot has happened since and elections have taken place.

I’ve met President Yahya Khan. I’ve made a request to him not only on

Behalf of Bengal but also as the leader of the party which has the majority in

Pakistan; I said to him: ÔÔYou must hold the session of the National Assembly on

15 January.”But he did not listen to me. He listened to Mr. Bhutto instead. At

first he said that the meeting would take place in the first week of March. We

said, “Fine, we will be taking our seats in the Assembly then. “I said we will

Carry out our discussions in the Assembly. I went so far as to say that if anyone

Came up with an offer that was just, even though we were in the majority we

Would agree to that offer.

Mr. Bhutto came here; he carried out discussions with us; he had said that

the doors of negotiations had not been shut and that there would be further

negotiations. I then had talks with other leaders; I said to them, “Come and sit

down with us; let’s create a constitution for ourselves through discussions.”But

Mr. Bhutto declared that if West Pakistani members came here the Assembly

would end up as a slaughterhouse. He claimed that whoever came here would

be slaughtered. He said that if anyone showed up here all shops from Peshawar

to Karachi would be shut down.