Jahanara Imam (1929-1994) was a writer and political activist in Bangladesh. She insisted that the people responsible for war crimes against the people of Bangladesh in 1971 be tried. In 1992, she helped organise the Ghatak-Dalal Nirmul Committee(committee to exterminate killers and collaborators). In a controversial symbolic act, Ghatak-Dalal Nirmul Committee set up mock trials known as Gonoadalot (Court of the people) and sentenced war criminals there. Jahanara Imam and 24 other intellectuals were charged with treason. The charges were never dropped. 1929 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... In law, treason is the crime of disloyalty to ones nation. ...

Jahanara Imam was known as 'Shaheed Janani' (mother of the martyr) as her son Rumi joined the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971 and died in the hands of the Pakistan Army. In 1986, Jahanara Imam published her diary as Ekattarer Dinguli (The days of seventy-one) which became a best seller in Bangladesh. The Bangladesh Liberation War (two other names are also used occasionally) refers to a roughly nine-month armed conflict between West Pakistan (now Pakistan) and East Pakistan (now Bangladesh. ... 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... Pakistan Army Coat of Arms Pakistan Army is the branch of the Pakistan Military responsible for land based military operations. ... 1986 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Jahanara Imam died on 26 June 1994 from mouth cancer. June 26 is the 177th day of the year (178th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 188 days remaining. ... 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... When normal cells are damaged or old they undergo apoptosis; cancer cells, however, avoid apoptosis. ...