When Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's diaries came to light in 2004, it was an indisputably historic event. His daughter, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, had the notebooks-their pages by then brittle and discoloured-carefully transcribed and later translated from Bengali into English as The Unfinished Memoirs.

The Unfinished Memoirs was written during Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's sojourns in jail as a state prisoner between 1967 and 1969, they begin with his recollections of his days as a student activist in the run-up to the movement for Pakistan in the early 1940s. They cover the Bengali language movement, the first stirrings of the movement for Bangladesh independence and self-rule, and powerfully convey the great uncertainties as well as the great hopes that dominated the time. The last notebook ends with the events accompanying the struggle for democratic rights in 1955.

The Unfinished Memoirs are Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's own words—the language has only been changed for absolute clarity when required. What the narrative brings out with immediacy and passion is his intellectual and political journey from a youthful activist to the leader of a struggle for national liberation. Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman describes vividly how-despite being in prison-he was in the forefront of organizing the protests that followed the declaration of Urdu as the state language of Pakistan. On 21 February 1952 the police opened fire on a peaceful student procession, killing many. That brutal action unleashed the powerful movement that culminated in the birth of the new nation of Bangladesh in 1971.

This extraordinary document is not only a portrait of a nation in the making; it is written by the man who changed the course of history and led his people to freedom.

By installing the application on your phone, you can simultaneously read and listen to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's The Unfinished Memoirs on the go. You can access the entire rare gallery of the struggling life of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman from archive.

The installation of 'The Unfinished Memoirs' will enable you;
- To read and listen simultaneously in Bengali and English.
- Only listen to the audiobook of 'The Unfinished Memoirs'.
- Only reading the 'The Unfinished Memoirs'.
- Access to the archive full of rare photos of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

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