Editorial

• Editor’s Note
  Sujan R. Chinoy

Introduction

• Guest Editor’s Introduction
  Smruti S. Pattanaik

Articles

• Making of the Bangladesh State: Shaheed Dhirendranath Datta, Bengali Language Movement and Birth of a Nation
  Aroma Dutta
• Operation Kilo Flight: Night Attack By Otter Aircraft – A First-Hand Account
  Shamsul Alam
• The Saga of Sylhet
  Ian Cardozo
• My Days at the Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendro: The Radio Broadcasting Centre During Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971
  Nasreen Ahmad
• The Road to Victory Day 1971: An Insider’s Account
  Meghna Guhathakurta
• Interrogating the Spirit of 1971: Beyond Historicisms
  Lubna Marium
• Working with the Refugees, 1971
  Julian Francis
• 1971: Memories, Facts and Words Overheard
  Afsan Choudhury
• India–Bangladesh Ties: Half Century of Consolidation
  Pinak Ranjan Chakravarty
• Bangladesh–India Relations: Strengthening Historical Ties
  Shamsher M. Chowdhury
• Bangladesh–India Relations: Strengthening Historical Ties
  Bir Bikram
• Opportunity of the Century
  Mohammed Ayoob
• Bangladesh: A Half Century into Freedom
  Syed Badrul Ahsan
• Historicising the Birangona: Interrogating the Politics of Commemorating the Wartime Rape of 1971 in the Context of the 50th Anniversary of Bangladesh
  Nayanika Mookherjee
• Histories and Memories of the Liberation War: Saranarthis in Tripura
  Anindita Ghoshal
• Waging War Through Humour: Political Cartoons and the War of 1971 as Depicted in Calcutta-Based Print Media
  Urvi Mukhopadhyay
• The Liberation War of 1971 and India
  Smruti S. Pattanaik

• Interview: Liberation War Through the Cinematic Lens
  Tanvir Mokammel

Book Review

• From 7 March to Independence (Sat-e-March Theke Swadhinata) (In Bengali)
  Monirul Islam
• From 7 March to Independence (Sat-e-March Theke Swadhinata) (In Bengali)
  Rafiqul Islam
• Politico-Military Strategy of the Bangladesh Liberation War, 1971
  Vivek Chadha

From the Archives

• We Don’t Know Defeat
  Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
• Speech of the Prime Minister of India, Mrs. Indira Gandhi at a Public Rally in Dacca, 17 March 1972
  Indira Gandhi