UniversePG l www.universepg.com 237 Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in the Formation of War-torn Bangladesh Md. Hasan Tawhid 1 and Md. Rajaul Karim 2 1 Department of MIS, Khwaja Yunus Ali University, Enayetpur, Sirajganj, Bangladesh; 2 Bangladesh Studies, Khwaja Yunus Ali University, Enayetpur, Sirajganj, Bangladesh. *Correspondence: mdrezaulkarim801@gmail.com (Dr. Md. Rajaul Karim, Senior Lecturer, Bangladesh Studies, Khwaja Yunus Ali University, Enayetpur, Sirajganj, Bangladesh). ABSTRACT The main consciousness of the Pakistan movement was the economy. At least in the case of Bengal, it was truer. At one stage the religion movement became stronger when it was associated with religion. In the context of which Pakistan was established with the sacrifice and support of the people of Bengal. But the continued absence of democracy and constitutional rule in Pakistan complicates the situation. The people of Bengal joined the movement under the leadership of Bangabandhu to change the situation. Forced to do so, the Pakistani authorities held the first general election in 1970. In the election, the popular political party of Bengalis, Awami League, won a single majority. Even after the Awami League gained a single majority, the Pakistani authorities did not hand over-power. As a result, Bangabandhu declared the independence of Bangladesh. Bangladesh gained independence after a long nine-month war. At the end of the war, Bangabandhu took over the responsibility of the head of state and devoted himself to the formation of the country. In the present article, Bangabandhu's various steps in the formation of war-torn Bangladesh have been explored. Keywords: War-torn Bangladesh, Bengali liberation movement, Awami League, and Mujibnagar government. INTRODUCTION: Only the traces of oppression and exploitation can be remarked in the historical analysis of successive events of Bangladesh liberation movement. Bangladesh once a poor country in sense of economy, administration and power had to walk a long hostile road to come out of the long-lasting bacon of oppression. After the partition of 1947 east Bengal turned into East Pakistan as a state of newly bore Pakistan. But being recently freed from colonialism Pakistani ruler could not come out from their imperialistic mindset. Consequently, freedom of Pakistan from British rule just turned East Pakistan into a new colony of West Pakistan. Bengali nation was formed as an ethnic group in the subcontinent through a historical evolution of thousands of years before the state Bangladesh formed. Bengali nation was a unique national entity in a sense of the own language, culture, religious festive, life style, hospitality, secularism and heartiness. To create a new blend of nationalism des- troying the Bengali ethnicity was the fundamental motive of the Pakistani ruling class. To achieve their objective systematically they interfered in people’s language, religious harmony, economy and political rights of this region. That’s why the leader of the Bengali nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (Safar 1970; Moudud, 1990) opposed the proposal of renaming East Bengal to East Pakistan. On 25 th August 1955 while speaking in a national assembly. Banga- bandhu said “The word Bengal has a tradition of its own.” His robust contribution was cited in every sce- nery of our Liberation movement. The people of East Pakistan fought for 23 years to achieve their demand Asian Journal of Social Sciences and Legal Studies, 3(6), 237-246, 2021 Publisher homepage: www.universepg.com, ISSN: 2707-4668 (Online) & 2707-465X (Print) https://doi.org/10.34104/ajssls.021.02370246 Asian Journal of Social Sciences and Legal Studies Journal homepage: www.universepg.com/journal/ajssls