the newborn nation.The All India Radio Akashvani first broke out the tragic news at global arena on August 16, 1975 with a commen- tary saying ‘Jesus died’.Now mil- lions of people remember him by wearing cross. Perhaps, once Mujib as well will be like that, Akashvani commented. Writer and researcher Dr Chowdhury Shahid Kader in an article men- tioned meticulously about the news published in different Indian media on August 15 car- nage. The article was published in ‘Bangladesh Charcha’, a com-pilation edited by historian Prof. Muntasir Mamoon. According to Kader’s article titled ‘Bangabandhu’s assassination in Indian Media’, Indian newspaper the Economic Times on August 17 carried a news with headline- India shocked at Mujib’s death. The Sunday Standard on the same day made its headline saying Mujib, Bangladesh PM killed in Army Coup, Khandoker new President, and country under Martial Law. However, there was a little error in headline as Bangabandhu was pres- ident when he was assassinated. However the newspaper published an editorial with headline Mujib: Liberator of 75m Bengali. Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, who was overthrown in a military coup, is the father of the four-year old nation and known to his 75 million people as Banga Bandhu (friend of Bengalis), the intro of the editorial of the Sunday Standard said. Esteemed Indian newspaper the Statesman made its main headline-‘India keeping watch on events in see page 2
