Name Feroza Begum
Husband Shaheed Azizur Rahman (killed by
Vill Ramkrishnapur, Dt. Dinajpur
Educational Qualification Illiterate
Age in 1971 25/26 years
Occupation in 1971 Housewife
Present occupation Retired
Q. How many children do you have?
A. Two sons, one daughter.
Q. Were you attacked by the Pakistani soldiers in 1971?
A. Yes, I was.
Q. What happened then?
A. The Khans killed my husband.
Q. How did the Khans kill your husband?
A. At night my husband and I went to bed with our children. In the morning when
We woke up we found that our home was surrounded by Pakistani soldiers.
Q And then what happened?
A. All the men, women and children were taken to a nearby field and surrounded by
Khans.
Q. Who did this?
A. The Khans.
Q. How did they do it?
A. Every one was called out telling them that they were needed for cutting earth for
building a bridge. They were not released. They were shot dead. I ran for shelter
but wherever I went the Khans were there. I had a 4 month old baby in my arms.
Q. What happened then?
A. Then I ran through the open space in between paddy fields. My husband and all
the others were taken away to the other side of the village and assembled for
execution.
Q How many of your family were killed?
A. They killed my husband, father-in-law, two of my uncle-in-laws and a brother-
in-law.
Q. Who else were killed with them?
A. I heard that quite a few of others were killed.
Q. Did you see the killing?
A. Yes. Later on I saw the massacre.
Q. What was your feeling then?
A. I thought they would kill me also when they would return.
Q. What did you do then?
A. What could I do? I was simply a wailing widow in terrible distress with my
infant children nothing to fall back on.
Q. How old was your eldest son during the liberation war?
A. He was two and a half years old.
Q. How old was your other child?
A. My youngest son was only four and a half month old.
Q. What are you doing now?
A. I am a housewife taking care of the children.
Q. What was the condition of your village home after the war?
A. There was nothing left. The Khans had smashed and burnt down everything.
Everything had to be rebuilt.
Interviewer : Bhabendra Barman.
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