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394:(Committee for Eradicating the Killers and Collaborators of '71), and became its public face. The committee called for the trial of people who committed crimes against humanity in the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War in collaboration with the Pakistani forces. The Ghatak-Dalal Nirmul Committee set up mock trials in Dhaka on 26 March 1992 known as
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Teacher's Training College in Dhaka. From 1970 she also taught for several years on a part-time basis in the Institute of Modern Language at the University of Dhaka.
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209:to trial. She has been called "Shaheed Janani" (
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1008:Khan, Tamanna (18 July 2013).
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858:"Another step towards justice"
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459:Bangla Academy Literary Award
440:International Crimes Tribunal
391:Ghatak-Dalal Nirmul Committee
308:International Visitor Program
1127:"They now can rest in peace"
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804:(in Bengali). Archived from
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252:in Rangpur, Imam went to
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504:(1988) (Life and death)
404:Mohammed Habibur Rahman
304:University of San Diego
190:Syed Abdul Ali (father)
140:University of San Diego
1043:. Bangladesh News 24.
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498:(1985) (The Bravest)
432:Syeda Ashifa Ashrafi
352:Laura Ingalls Wilder
243:Bengal Civil Service
179:Saif Imam Jami (son)
1220:Bangladeshi writers
594:(Second ed.).
486:(1985) (Other life)
324:resistance movement
314:1971 Liberation War
292:University of Dhaka
258:Calcutta University
193:Hamida Ali (mother)
136:University of Dhaka
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231:Murshidabad
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119:(1971-1994)
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109:Nationality
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1051:7 February
548:References
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60:3 May 1929
56:1929-05-03
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