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fundamental human rights and FREEDOM, EQUALITY and
JUSTICE,
secured
alas!
political,
for
This
all
economic
citizens;”
grand
and
social,
(emphasis
ideology
was
will
added).
later
be
But
defaced,
distorted, ravaged and molested with the dirty hands
of power-mongers, and lastly, this magnum opus of our
nation (the constitution) was thrown away aside by
the
power-greedy
politicians
and
military
adventurists. Our hard-earned freedom was snatched
away from us and our hundred years of struggle for
democracy, rule of law and freedom from poverty and
hunger was brutally suppressed.
One of the main reasons that we were able to
achieve our independence within a short span of nine
months time is that in true sense of the word it was
a
people’s
engaged
and
war—all
the
supported
citizens
the
all-out
wholeheartedly
effort
for
liberation. The engagement of the mass people and
their
unprecedented
support
for
the
war
acted
as
great source of strength for the freedom fighters,
the political leaders, and others who were directly
involved in the frontlines of the war. In the history