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The prime minister said most of the historic speeches which got world recognition were written and prepared previously.
“But Bangabandhu delivered the historic March 7 address from his own mind and my mother had an important role in this regard,” she said.
Sheikh Hasina recalled that some student leaders insisted Bangabandhu at that time on declaring independence, arguing that otherwise the people would be frustrated, she said.
“But just before the rally, my mother told Bangabandhu that many people will say many things, but you don’t need to hear all the words … you will say those words which will come from your mind,” she said.
The prime minister said the March 7 speech which was once banned in Bangladesh after the assassination of Bangabandhu in 1975, got recognition on the world stage.
“History can’t be erased so easily. The truth can never be suppressed … Today the truth has got exposed. Today this speech received the world recognition,” she said.
Sheikh Hasina said the historic 7th March speech has been translated into every official language of the United Nations at the initiatives of the UNESCO.
The premier said March 7 speech of Bangabandhu has been selected as the greatest speech among all speeches of the 2500 years and also been placed in the UNESCO’s World Documentary Heritage.
Mentioning that the Bangalee nation has stood with keeping their head high as Bangladesh has become a developing nation, Sheikh Hasina said that her government has been working to give the people of the country political, economical and cultural independence.
“We’re advancing and will continue to move ahead… We’ll build ‘Sonar Bangla’ as dreamt by the Father of the Nation,” she asserted.
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