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In the history of military no war was ever won
with so small and meagre supply of arms, with so
small numbers of trained fighters, as the people of
Bangladesh
did
in
1971.
We
fought
a
ferocious
military force equipped with all modern weaponry and
trained
personnel
courage
and
-
valour
we
-
fought
what
against
really
them
gave
us
with
the
advantage over them? Were it arms and weapon only?
The answer is No. It was the stupendous courage of
‘We the people’ of this land - it was the readiness
for supreme sacrifice if necessary and unsurmountable
feeling of commonness for fellow people of this land
that made us unconquerable by the Pakistani military
power. And this unparalleled feeling for commonness
has been rightly reflected in the very first word of
our supreme social document - the constitution.
Our
struggle
Founding
against
Fathers
the
keeping
tyrannical
in
mind
rulers
of
our
gave
all
powers of the Republic upon the people under article
7, which runs:
“7. (1) All powers in the Republic belong to the
people,
and
their
exercise
on
behalf
of
the