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{{Short description|2017 memoir by Mujibur Rahman}}
{{Use Bangladeshi English|date=February 2023}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2017}}
{{Infobox book
| name              = The Prison Diaries
| author            = [[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]]
| language          = '''Original:''' [[Bengali language|Bengali]]<br />'''Other Languages:<br />'''• [[English Language|English]]<br />• [[Assamese Language|Asamiya]]
| country           = [[Bangladesh]]
| genre             = [[Memoir]], [[Diary]], [[Autobiography]]
| published         = 2017
| publisher         = [[Bangla Academy]]
| isbn              = 978-0-470-60264-5
| title_orig        = কারাগারের রোজনামচা
| translator        = [[Fakrul Alam]]
| image             = File:Karagarer-Rojnamcha.jpg
| series            = Bangabandhu
| cover_artist      =
| pages             = 332
| release_date      = 17 March
| preceded_by       = [[The Unfinished Memoirs]]
| followed_by       = [[Amar Dekha Noya Chin]]
}}
'''''Karagarer Rojnamcha''''' ({{langx|bn|  কারাগারের রোজনামচা}}; English: '''''The Prison Diaries''''') is the second memoir by [[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]], founding father and the first president of [[Bangladesh]]. The [[Bangla Academy]] published the book on the occasion of Mujib's 98th birth anniversary.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bangla Academy brings Bangabandhu's 2nd autobiography |url=https://m.theindependentbd.com/post/85555 |work=[[The Independent (Bangladesh newspaper)|The Independent]] |date=15 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171108035424/https://m.theindependentbd.com/post/85555 |archive-date=8 November 2017}}</ref>
==Background==
Mujib used to note his daily life in his personal diary while in jail. [[Pakistan]]i government seized his six diaries when he was released from jail. Four of them were returned later. In 2009, after the Mujibs' eldest child [[Sheikh Hasina]]'s government came to power, the remaining two diaries were recovered with the help of the Special Branch. These two diaries are published as ''Karagarer Rojnamcha''. After the publication of the book, the Bangla Academy's Director General Shamsuzzanan Khan handed over the copies of the book to the Mujib's two living children, then prime minister Sheikh Hasina and his younger daughter Sheikh Rehana at Ganabhaban.<ref>{{cite news |title=Karagarer Rojnamcha: A jail diary of a great leader |url=https://www.observerbd.com/details.php?id=90566 |work=The Daily Observer |date=19 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190410202004/https://www.observerbd.com/details.php?id=90566 |archive-date=10 April 2019}}</ref>
==Content==
In the book/diary, Mujib noted his prison life during the Pakistan regime from 1966 to 1968. He provides a comprehensive account of jail customs and conventions, his political view, and his pain for being separated from his family.<ref>[https://www.thedailystar.net/book-reviews/karagarer-rojnamcha-jail-diary-difference-1407826 Karagarer Rojnamcha: A Jail Diary with a Difference].''[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)|The Daily Star]]''</ref>
==References==
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[[Category:Books about Bangladesh]]
[[Category:Political autobiographies]]
[[Category:Unfinished books]]
[[Category:History books about Bangladesh]]
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[[Category:Books by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]]
[[Category:Bangladeshi non-fiction books]]
[[Category:Memoirs of imprisonment]]