History of The Emergence of Independent Bangladesh

History Of the Emergence Of Independent Bangladesh
Assignment Topic: SIX POINT MOVEMENT
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MS. SANJIDA UPAMA
LECTURER, PORT CITY INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY

Six Points Movement: Making of a History
The six point movement was a movement in the then East Pakistan, spearheaded
by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, which called for greater autonomy for the eastern
part of Pakistan. The six-point movement is a milestone in the history of our
struggle for independence. The six point declaration has been widely credited as
the "charter of freedom" in Bangladesh's struggle for self-determination from
Pakistan's domination. It was the turning point in Bangladesh's quest for
independence.
Opposition leaders in West Pakistan called for a national conference on February

6, 1966 to assess the trend of post-Taskent politics. On February 4, Sheikh
Mujibur Rahman, along with some members of Awami League, reached Lahore to
attend the conference. The next day on February 5, he placed six points before
the meeting of subject committee and urged to include the issue in the agenda of
next day conference. The proposal was rejected and Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was
identified as separatist. On February 6, Bangabandhu boycotted the conference.
On February 21, six points proposal was placed before the meeting of the working
committee of Awami League and the proposal was accepted unanimously.
The reason for proposing six points was to end Master-slave rule in Pakistan.
Following the partition of India, the new state of Pakistan came into being. The
inhabitants of East Pakistan (later Bangladesh) made up the majority of its
population, and exports from East Pakistan (such as jute) were a majority of
Pakistan's export income. However, East Pakistanis did not feel they had a
proportional share of political power and economic benefits within Pakistan.
East Pakistan was facing a critical situation after being subjected to continuous
discrimination on a regional basis, year after year. As a result, the economists,
intelligentsia, and the politicians of East Pakistan started to raise questions about
this discrimination, giving rise to the historic six-point movement.
The six points are:
1.The Constitution should provide for a Federation of Pakistan in its true sense
based on the Lahore Resolution, and the parliamentary form of government with
supremacy of a Legislature directly elected on the basis of universal adult
franchise.
2.The federal government should deal with only two subjects: Defence and
Foreign Affairs, and all other residual subjects should be vested in the federating
states.
3.Two separate, but freely convertible currencies for two wings should be
introduced; or if this is not feasible, there should be one currency for the whole
country, but effective constitutional provisions should be introduced to stop the
flight of capital from East to West Pakistan. Furthermore, a separate Banking
Reserve should be established and separate fiscal and monetary policy be
adopted for East Pakistan.
4.The power of taxation and revenue collection should be vested in the federating
units and the federal centre would have no such power. The federation would be
entitled to a share in the state taxes to meet its expenditures.
5.There should be two separate accounts for the foreign exchange earnings of the
two wings; the foreign exchange requirements of the federal government should
be met by the two wings equally or in a ratio to be fixed; indigenous products
should move free of duty between the two wings, and the constitution should
empower the units to establish trade links with foreign countries.
6.East Pakistan should have a separate military or paramilitary force, and Navy
headquarters should be in East Pakistan.
The mainstream political leaders of the opposition parties in Pakistan were not
even willing to discuss the merits or demerits of the proposed six-point formula
for ensuring greater provincial autonomy for the eastern province of Pakistan. In
fact, no West Pakistani political leader (not even Nawabzada Nasarullah Khan, the
President of the then All-Pakistan Awami League) was willing to lend any support
to Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's demand for maximum provincial autonomy based on
the proposed six-point formula.
Instead of endorsing or discussing the six-point formula, the self-declared
champions of restoration of democracy in the then Pakistan had deliberately
launched a vile propaganda campaign against Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the chief
sponsor and proponent of the six-point plan. Doubtless, the motivated
propaganda was essentially characterised by blatant falsehoods, conjectures,
distortions, and innuendoes. In fact, the six-point proposal received frontal attack
even from the veteran Pakistani political stalwarts of most of the political parties
at a time when they were clamouring for establishing pure democracy in Pakistan.
The six-point formula also shook the foundation of the Islamic Republic of
Pakistan. The six-point plan had exposed the fact that the real intention of
Pakistan's ruling elite was to "strengthen" the central government, but not
Pakistan. Sheikh Mujib repeatedly said in several public meetings that the people
of Pakistan had always desired to have a "strong Pakistan," not a "strong central
government."
However, the ruling sect of Pakistan was not at all interested in dealing or
negotiating with the Awami League on the issue of provincial autonomy even
though Sheikh Mujibur Rahman had publicly stated that he was willing to
negotiate his six-point plan with anyone in good faith, provided a meaningful
autonomy was ensured for East Pakistan. The autocratic rulers of Pakistan started
using repressive tactics to suppress the six-point movement.
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Assignment Topic: SIX POINT MOVEMENT

SECTION: “C” BATCH: “21”

MS. SANJIDA UPAMA

LECTURER, PORT CITY INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY

Opposition leaders in West Pakistan called for a national conference on February

The six points are:

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