17th March 1971

• On the 16th day of the non-cooperation movement Sheikh Mujibur Rahman meet Yahya Khan for the second time in a meeting that went on for an hour. The press is briefed by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman after the meeting saying that until the goals are met the discussion will continue.
• President Yahya Khan invites People’s Party chairman Z.A. Bhutto to Dhaka.
• Plans for a third meeting between President Yahya Khan and Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is announced that night
• Military men attacked trucks in Tejgaon and Mohakhali where they mugged money and tortured the unarmed men. Which resulted in even more anger among the general people.
• “Irna Elizabeth” carrying food aid for Bangladeshis is intercepted in Chittagong and rerouted towards Karachi.

Source: Bangladesh Liberation War Museum