A Struggle For Democracy
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A Struggle For Democracy
February 1991
Gelatin silver print
Image: 23.7 × 35.5 cm (9 5/16 × 14 in.)
Paper: 30.4 × 40.5 cm (11 15/16 × 15 15/16 in.)
Gift of the FiftyCrows Foundation, 2015
2015.0133.0263
Inscriptions verso (applied printed label in black ink):18 In February 1991, under a caretaker
government headed by Justice Shahabuddin, an
unprecedented fair and free election was held.
There was a massive turnout at the polling
booths. A large number of voters were women,
who in the past rarely actively participated
in elections. In a polling booth in Lalmatia, a
woman with her vote, avenges Nur Hossain's death.
(applied printed label in gold):DRIK PICTURE LIBRARY LTD.
58 Rd. 15A (New), Dhanmondi Res. Area
Dhaka 1209, Bangladesh
DRIK PICTURE LIBRARY LTD.
58 Rd. 15A (New), Dhanmondi Res. Area
Dhaka 1209, Bangladesh
(applied label handwriiten in pencil): Alam18.2
government headed by Justice Shahabuddin, an
unprecedented fair and free election was held.
There was a massive turnout at the polling
booths. A large number of voters were women,
who in the past rarely actively participated
in elections. In a polling booth in Lalmatia, a
woman with her vote, avenges Nur Hossain's death.
(applied printed label in gold):DRIK PICTURE LIBRARY LTD.
58 Rd. 15A (New), Dhanmondi Res. Area
Dhaka 1209, Bangladesh
DRIK PICTURE LIBRARY LTD.
58 Rd. 15A (New), Dhanmondi Res. Area
Dhaka 1209, Bangladesh
(applied label handwriiten in pencil): Alam18.2
