On March 7, 1971, before a rally of millions of freedom-loving people at the then Race Course Ground (now Suhrawardy Udyan), Bangabandhu declared in the Declaration of Independence, “Abarer Sangram Amader Muktir Sangram, Abarer Sangram Swadhintar Sangram (Struggle) This is our time It is for freedom, this time the struggle is for our freedom).
The historic March 7 speech of the Father of the Nation was included in the Memory of the World International Register, a list of important documentary heritage of the world maintained by UNESCO, on 30 October 2017.