The Ministry of Liberation War Affairs has published the first gazette listing the “martyrs” of the July 2024 uprising on Wednesday which changed the course of Bangladesh’s history.
A total of 834 names from across the country have been listed in the first gazette.
The gazette signed by Deputy Secretary Haridas Thakur includes medical case IDs, names, names of the martyrs’ fathers, current addresses, and permanent addresses.
On December 21, the government’s special cell on the mass upsurge published the first draft of names of the “martyrs” and the injured.
The list included 858 “martyrs” and 11,551 wounded persons.
The Ministry of Liberation War Affairs was formed five decades ago to conserve the history of Bangladesh’s Liberation War and for the wellbeing of families of martyrs and injured Freedom Fighters.
A new department has been introduced under this ministry to look after the families of around 1,500 “martyrs” and 20,000 injured during the July uprising.
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