How my parents met

Havildar Siddique, as he was known in his outfit was a very energetic and strong soldier. He was famous for his uprightness and honesty in his outfit. During the liberation war, he showed his gallant in many occasions and was made a platoon havildar. He became Havildar within only 6 years of his service. As the war ended, his regiment (3rd East Bengal Regiment) was camped at Akhalia, Sylhet. There he was performing his routine tasks. At one afternoon, he went out in the locality where he came across a beautiful young girl with long hair named Hafiza who happened to be the third daughter of a local business man. They both looked at one another and smiled at once. Neither of them possibly thought that they would consequently be tied together to make a family. Hafiza was a young girl aged 15 or around that. As Siddique came back to his barracks, his thoughts were lost to find anything good about the girl he saw in the afternoon. He couldn't sleep well and got up early that morning. The innocent face of Hafiza is still fresh in his memory and he was unable to flush that away. In the afternoon of next day, he again went out to look for a girl about whose residence or identity, he had no idea. He looked around the place of last afternoon when he saw her first but of no use. How a man can find someone that easily about whom he had no information but a glowing memory of a glance? However, Siddique continued with his effort and luckily met the girl again. Losing no time, with lot of courage he went straight to the girl and asked about her details. She gave her identity and inquired why he was seeking those. Siddique only smiled at her but didn't reply right there for there is a plan working in his head that he intended to show her later. He fell back to his camp and talked about his intent with some friends. They all encouraged him to notify his intent to the guardians of the girl. One opted to carry the proposal up to the parents of the girl which Siddique nodded positively. As the messenger went to the girl's house with the proposal for handing their daughter's hand to Siddique, they inquired about his family details as any parent of a girl would do. After learning that Siddique hailed from Naogaon (Rajshahi at that time) they declined as the place was too far away from Sylhet. Hafiza being the most loved one among her siblings, wouldn't be given to a man whose family resides in that distance. The messenger came back without any progress and informed details to Siddique. However, he was so determined that he went direct along with few of his accomplices to the house and asked the same again. After a long discussion and lots of argument, Hafiza's father and other senior members gave their consent for their marriage and that took place immediately on that evening. The day was 28 March 1972.