This paper is an attempt to explore the role of Bengali diplomats who had submitted their allegiance to the government of Bangladesh and adopted the strategy of public diplomacy to fight against the colonial oppression of Pakistan. By disconnecting all sorts of association with Pakistan this group of Bengali diplomats joined the War of Liberation to support the cause of Bangladesh. In order to conduct the diplomatic fronts of the war the Bengali diplomats embraced the strategies of public diplomacy instead of following the policy of the traditional diplomacy. While the group relied on the strategy and means of public diplomacy the paper examines the effectiveness of the application of public diplomacy tools in order to form public opinion across the globe and regions in support of the Independence War of Bangladesh. The paper particularly focuses on the role of Bengali diplomats who had been in India and had defected and embarked to propagate in favour of the Bangladesh Independence War. They started preaching both among the Indian government and nongovernment circles through public diplomacy tools to get recognition from Indian authority to solve the political crises of the then Pakistan. The humanitarian issues such as millions of Bengalis’ plight to India, a concurrent genocide, killing millions of Bengalis, tormenting women and innocent people, deviance of law and order situation, had repeatedly been raised and protested through press, media and public speaking programs to get support from Indian authority with the hope that India would raise these issues to the world community and Bangladesh crises would come to an end.
Fazrin Huda (Thu,) studied this question.