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This paper focuses on the coexistence of literary and historical values, giving equal weight to both. In this connection, Humayun Ahmed's Jochhona o Jononir Golpo is examined from the perspective of new historicism. New Historicism is a method which puts equal importance on the reading of literary and non-literary texts, usually of the same historical period. In this approach, literary and non-literary texts are studied parallel, given equal weight and constantly inform or interrogate each other. It takes combined interest in the textuality of history, and the historicity of a literary or other text. In Jochhona o Jononir Golpo, the facts by which the plot of the novel is knit states the real pieces of information from history, thereby, the storyline containing real life incidents, characters and happenings of 1971. These incidents are represented through various techniques like flashback, dreams, interview, letters and diaries. As a result, the historical events mentioned in the novel, become inseparable from the literary text. This parallel study of history and literature is the focus of our research which we believe will give a new dimension to the study of fictional work. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]