On December 16, 1971, when the whole country rejoiced with victory, the people of Rajbari were still deprived of the taste of victory. The Rajbari was still under complete control by the Pakistani Biharis. They threatened that even if all regions of Bangladesh were declared victorious, the Rajbari would remain in Pakistan forever.
Every colony in Rajbari city was like a mini cantonment. Here the Biharis were so proud that even though the Biharis of the whole country accepted the defeat, they did not agree to accept it.
The liberating patriotic freedom fighters challenged their declaration. Even on the day of victory, Damal boys had to fight fiercely with the henchmen of the Pakistani invasion forces in Rajbari.
The people of Rajbari had to pay an extreme price till December 18. As Rajbari is a railway town, about 20 thousand Biharis lived here. Due to which the Pakistani Biharis started to build strong bases and indiscriminately kill the innocent people of this region.
In order to stand against this brutal persecution of Pakistani Biharis and to liberate Rajbari from the enemy, various groups of Mukti Bahini from the neighboring districts of Faridpur, Jessore, Magura and Kushtia started organizing for war. On this news, the Biharis took position near the Rajbari railway line and blocked the railway line with goods from the loco shed to the dry-ice factory.
Although the freedom fighters were firing at the Biharis, they could not harm the Biharis due to the goods cart. Later, as an alternative method, when mortars brought from Jessore started firing, a fierce battle was organized with the Biharis. Thousands of Biharis were killed in that war. At one point they were forced to retreat. The Biharis surrendered on December 18, thinking that they were certain to be defeated in the face of the fierce resistance of the freedom fighters, and Rajbari was declared enemy-free that morning.
Wartime commander Mohsin Uddin Batu said that the Biharis at that time were armed and strong. During the war of liberation, Bengalis were burnt to death in railway coal cars. Lokshed used to kill Bengalis in wells in closed land and keep them. The entire country became independent on 16th December but Rajbari was freed from the enemy on 18th December.
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