Proclamation of Bangladeshi Independence

Proclamation of Bangladeshi Independence
বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতার ঘোষণাপত্র
Created26 March 1971
Ratified10 April 1971
LocationLiberation War Museum
Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Author(s)1st Declaration by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
2nd Declaration by Provisional Government of Bangladesh
SignatoriesConstituent Assembly of Bangladesh
PurposeDeclaring East Pakistan's independence as Bangladesh with the establishment of its provisional government

The Proclamation of Bangladeshi Independence (Bengali: বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতার ঘোষণাপত্র), refers to the declaration of independence of Bangladesh on 26 March 1971, at the onset of the Bangladesh Liberation War by Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. On that day, Awami League leader M. A. Hannan, and the following day Major Ziaur Rahman, broadcast the message on radio on behalf of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman from the Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra radio station in Kalurghat, Chattogram. On 10 April, the Provisional Government of Bangladesh issued a proclamation on the basis of the previous declaration and established an interim constitution for the independence movement.