Eileen Ford’s Legacy
When Lauren Hutton first arrived in New York in the early 1960s, there was little to suggest she would soon become one of fashion’s highest-paid models and, later, an alluring actress paired with leading men like James Caan and Richard Gere.
Kader Siddique The hero of Bangladesh
Kader Siddiqui often hailed as Bagha (Tiger) Kader or Bongo Bir (Hero of Bengal) is one of the most famous fighters and organizers of the Bangladeshi liberation war. Siddiqui has to be decorated as bir uttom by the government of Bangladesh. He organized and fought with an estimated 10,000-strong guerrilla force[in the Tangailregion against the Pakistan Army. This army was called kadaria bahini(Kader's Army). At the end of the war, on December 16, Siddique's forces entered Dhaka along with the Indian forces signalling the end of the war.
Involvement in massacres of prisoners of war
According to a report in The Times, Siddiqui's guerrillas beat up and subsequently bayoneted and shot to death a group of prisoners (who they claimed were Razakar) after a rally held near Dhaka Stadium on December 19, at which Siddiqui himself gave an hour long speech. The prisoners were murdered after performing Islamic prayers together with their captors. According to the same source, shortly before murdering them, the Muktibahini soldiers promised the prisoners 'a fair trial, as in any civilized country'.
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