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same time. W.A.S. Oderland (1917-?) Bir Pratik (Award for Bravery) who worked at
the Bata Shoe Company at that time took many photographs of the Liberation War. In
December 2004 quite a number of photographs depicting the War of Liberation and
particularly the role of the Indian Forces was exhibited from the Indian Archive at the
Indian Cultural Center of Dhaka.
2.5 Publications of Photographs on the War of Liberation (Album, Book)
Quite a number of books have been published on the War of Liberation of
Bangladesh. In some books numerous pictures have been used with text. In the book
Bangladesh Genocide and World Press, Fazlul Quader Quaderi compiled some
writings published in world-renowned magazines and newspapers during the War of
Liberation of 1971 as well as some important and hair-raising photographs. Though
on a very small scale, Shafiqul Islam Swapan edited and published (26 March 1972)
the first album with some pictures of the Liberation War entitled Chitralipi. Besides, fig. 10.14 (top)
he also published a photographic book titled Ek Muktijoddhar Jiban Japon (1997) Photograph Naib Uddin
compiling the photographs he took during the war. In the first anniversary of victory Ahmed,
day a memorial book was published by the government presenting many photographs © Naib Uddin Ahmed
of the War of Liberation on 16 December 1972. In 1973 the external communication
department of the Foreign Ministry, Government of Bangladesh published the album fig. 10.15 (bottom) The
Road to Freedom comprising of photographs by photojournalist Mohammad Alam, indiscriminate genocide
photographer Amanul Haq and K. M. Ameer. This album features 56 photographs of of the Pakistani forces,
the succession of events leading to our victory. The album Muktijuddher Alokchitra 1971, photograph
Mohammad Alam,
(1988) published by the Information Ministry of the Government of Bangladesh has © Mohammad Alam
collected photographs from different persons and sources. Bangla Academy has
published a compilation of photographs in the collection of the Dhaka City Museum
Dhaka 1971 (1988) on the War of Liberation. Photojournalist Aftab Ahmed has
compiled a documentary book entitled Shadhinata Sangramey Bangali comprising of
photographs taken by himself and other sources featuring the events in sequence from
1947 to 1971. Recently Alokchitrey Ekattar (2006) has been published presenting