Description : Mujibnagar, previously known as Baidyanathtala is a town in the Meherpur District of Bangladesh. It is a common reference for the government in exile formed by the leaders of the Awami League who were leading the guerrilla war for the independence of Bangladesh (then East Pakistan) from Pakistan in 1971. Although the state gained independence only in 971, the Mujibnagar government is recognized as the first official government of Bangladesh.
