The historic Six-Point demand or the Six-Point Formula of Bengali nationalist movement in East Pakistan was spearheaded by Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on 5h February in 1966, which eventually led to the liberation of Bangladesh. It has been widely credited as the "charter of freedom" in Bangladesh struggle for self-determination from Pakistan domination.
Indeed, the six-point movement was the turning point in our quest for independence. The movements agenda was to realize the six point demand put forwarded by a coalition of Bengali nationalist political parties in 1966, to end the perceived exploition of East Pakistan by the West Pakistan rulers. On June, 7 in 1966, the Awami league called a countrywide hartal in the East Pakistan to press home the six- point demands. Sheikh Mujibur Rahman along with many others was arrested, since then 7 June is observed as the historic six-point day. The fact remains that the six-point movement is a milestone in the history of almost thirty years struggle for independence. East Pakistan were left to their fate without military defence and security, while the Pakistani rulers kept themselves busy in defending the West Pakistans frontiers.
Soon afterward the end of the war, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman raised the historic six-point demand, a charter for the economic emancipation from the exploitative Pakistani colonial state-system. As a result, the economist, intelligential and the politicians of East Pakistan started to raise questions about this discrimination, giving rise to the historic six- point. Almost it would become a common messages to the student and common people of East Pakistan. The spectacular success of the six-point movement in 1966 had prompted the ruling coterie of Pakistan to discredit the organizers of the movement.