TITLE:
Women Freedom Fighters during the Liberation War of Bangladesh in 1971: A Geographical Inquiry
AUTHORS:
Bibi Hafsa
KEYWORDS:
Liberation War, Birangana, Women Liberation Warrior, Women Freedom Fighter, Map, Hot Spot
JOURNAL NAME:
Advances in Historical Studies,
Vol.10 No.4,
December
22,
2021
ABSTRACT: The liberation of Bangladesh was achieved through a
nine-month long war, in which all patriotic people of the country contributed
from their respective positions. The liberation war of Bangladesh is the
nation’s essential concern and thus required this type of inquisitive research
which will see the history in different lenses. It was epitomized by the army
of freedom fighters known as Mukti Bahini (MB) in Bangladesh. Freedom
fighters all around the country participated in the war to free the country and
stop the violence of the Pakistani force. Besides men freedom fighter women
also fought for liberating the mother land but women fighters of Bangladesh are
undetermined history. However, the study is important of portraying the
bloodstained history of the great struggle of the women freedom fighters. The
study tried to explore the distributional pattern of women freedom fighters
1971 in map. Map is crucial visualized factor which populaces easily can
recognize. It is historical research and this study is conducted based on a
secondary descriptive literature survey by Fisher reading method. This study
has produced database based on Google earth and Mouza map, data presented by
Table, Figure, Diagram with SPSS. Map and Hot-spot (Getis ord*) analysis also is
conducted by Arc-map 10.4.1 where Birangana (women fighters) clustered
in Northern region, Women liberation warriors clustered in central region of
Bangladesh. There is an immense need of serious historical research on the
Liberation War of 1971 in 21st century Bangladesh. It will be helpful for the
current generation to know the geographical aspect of a nation’s birth.