Prison Diaries – Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
Prison Diaries
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
Bangla Academy
2018
Karagarer Rojnamcha (Bengali: কারাগারের রোজনামচা; English: Prison Diary) is the second memoir by Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, founding father and the 1st President of Bangladesh. Bangla Academy published the book on the occasion of Mujib’s 98th birth anniversary.
Bangabandhu used to note his daily life in his personal diary while in jail. Pakistani government seized his six diaries when he got released from the jail. Four of them were returned later. In 2009, after the Bangabandhu’s eldest child Sheikh Hasina’s government came to power, the remaining two diaries were recovered with the help of Special Branch. These two diaries are published as Karagarer Rojnamcha.
In the book/diary Bangabandhu noted his prison life during the Pakistan regime from 1966 to 1968. He provides a comprehensive account of jail customs and conventions, his political view and his pain for being separated from his family.
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