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1970 to the brutality of the Pakistani army, the resistance by freedom fighters and
victory in 1971.
In 1997 a 244-page photography album titled Jatir Janak was published by ‘Dhakar
Jatir Janak Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Memorial Trust’. It was edited by
Sheikh Hasina, Sheikh Rehana, A.K. Azad Chowdhury, Gaziul Haque, Arefin
Siddique, Baby Moudud, Rezaul Karim Khan Reza and Hashem Khan. This album
contains rare photographs of the period between 1940 and 1975 and of the young
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
An album under the title Nazrul Album, consisting of rare photographs related to
various sides of the life and work of the national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam was
published under the initiative of Nazrul Institute of Dhaka in 1994. This 124-page
album contains more than a hundred black-and-white and color photographs related
to Nazrul.

Translated by Sanjida Shaheed, Student, MFA, Institute of Fine Art, University of Dhaka