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The Independence Day of Bangladesh (Bengali: স্বাধীনতা দিবস Shadhinata Dibôsh) also referred to as 26 March is a national holiday. It commemorates the country’s declaration of independence from Pakistan in the late hours of 25 March 1971 by the Father of the Nation Bongobondhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman before he was arrested by Pakistani forces.