Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding father of Bangladesh, was assassinated on August 15, 1975. Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (Bangla: শেখ মুজিবর রহমান Shekh Mujibur Rôhman) (March 17, 1920 – August 15, 1975) was a Bengali political leader in East Pakistan and the founding leader of Bangladesh. ... August 15 is the 227th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (228th in leap years), with 138 days remaining. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ...

Background

Following the independence of Bangladesh after the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971, Mujib became the prime minister, and later the president of the country. However, he initiated one-party rule and declared by this revamped parliament as president for life thorough a constitutional amendment in early 1975. The famine of 1974, widespread by the oppositions of the liberation war , & also cause of destroyed the Bangladesh by Pak army. Combatants Mukti Bahini India Pakistan Commanders • General M A G Osmani • General Jagjit Singh Aurora General A. A. K. Niazi Strength India: 500,000+ Mukti Bahini: 100,000[1][2] Pakistan Army: 365,000 Paramilitary: 280,000[1] Casualties India: 1,426 KIA 3,611 Wounded (Official) Mukti Bahini: NA... A prime minister is the most senior minister of a cabinet in the executive branch of government in a parliamentary system. ... Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States (1861-1865) The majority of this article is about heads of states. ... States in which a single party is constitutionally linked to power are coloured in brown. ... States currently utilizing parliamentary systems are denoted in red and orange—the former being constitutional monarchies where authority is vested in a parliament, and the latter being parliamentary republics whose parliaments are effectively supreme over a separate head of state. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ...

Conspirators

Syed Faruque Rahman, Abdur Rashid, Sharful Haqueu Dalim, all majors in the Bangladesh Army, and freedom fighters, hatched a conspiracy. Khondaker Mostaq Ahmed, an Awami League minister, agreed to take over the presidency. It is not known how much the role of CIA was in the conspiracy, though a 2005 memoir by Lawrence Lifschultz alleges significant participation by the Dhaka office of the CIA. Colonel Syed Faruque Rahman was an officer in the Bangladeshi army who was one of the assassins of president Mujibur Rahman. ... Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad Khondaker Moshtaq Ahmad (also spelled Khandakar Mushtaq Ahmed) (1918 - March 5, 1996) was a Bangladeshi politician who served as the President of Bangladesh from 15 August to 6 November 1975 after the assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding leader of Bangladesh. ... The Bangladesh Awami League (বাংলাদেশ আওয়ামী লীগ Bāŋlādeś Āowāmī Līg) or the Bangadesh Peoples League is the main opposition party in Bangladesh. ... The CIA Seal The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is an American intelligence agency, responsible for obtaining and analyzing information about foreign governments, corporations, and individuals, and reporting such information to the various branches of the U.S. Government. ... Dhaka (previously Dacca; Bangla: ঢাকা Đhaka; IPA: ) is the capital of Bangladesh and the Dhaka District. ...

Events

On the early morning of August 15, 1975, the conspirators were divided into 3 groups. One group attacked Mujib's house in road number 32, Dhanmondi Residential Area. Mujib was killed on the stairs, and all the members of his family were also executed. Two other groups of soldiers killed Sheikh Fazlul Haque Moni, Mujib's nephew and influential leader of Awami League, and Abdur Rab Serniabat, Mujib's brother-in-law, and a minister of the Government. Four major leaders of Awami League, Tajuddin Ahmed, Mansur Ali, Syed Nazrul Islam and AHM Kamruzzaman were arrested and jailed (they would later be murdered in jail on November 4, 1975). August 15 is the 227th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (228th in leap years), with 138 days remaining. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Dhanmondi is a major thana and neighbourhood of Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. ... Tajuddin Ahmed was the first prime minister of Bangladesh from 11 April 1971 until 13 January 1972. ... Muhammad Mansur Ali (b. ... Saiyid Nazrul Islam (1925 – 1975) was a Bangladeshi political figure. ... November 4 is the 308th day of the year (309th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 57 days remaining. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ...

Aftermath

Khondaker Mustaq Ahmed assumed presidency and the participating army officers became the de-facto leaders of the country. They were later toppled by yet another coup led by General Khaled Mosharraf on November 3, 1975. Mosharraf himself was killed in a counter coup on November 7, which installed General Ziaur Rahman in power. Faruque Rahman, Rashid, and the other army officers had been promoted to the rank of Lt. Colonels. They were exiled in Libya and other countries, and were given several diplomatic posts in Bangladesh missions abroad. Faruque later returned and founded the Bangladesh Freedom Party. Khaled Mosharraf Bir Uttom, was a Bangladeshi army officer and war hero. ... November 3 is the 307th day of the year (308th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 58 days remaining. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... November 7 is the 311th day of the year (312th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 54 days remaining. ... Ziaur Rahman (Bengali: Ziaur Rôhman) (January 19, 1936 — May 30, 1981) was the 6th President of Bangladesh and founder of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party. ...

Trial

The conspirators could not be tried in criminal court for the assassination, because the Indemnity Ordinance gave them a blanket pardon for any acts committed on August 15, 1975. However, when Awami League, led by Mujib's daughter, Sheikh Hasina, won the election in 1996, it repealed the ordinance. The Bangabandhu murder trial commenced, and Faruque, and some other coup leaders were arrested. Rashid, however, escaped arrest as he was reportedly in Libya. The trial ended in death sentences for Faruque and the major coup leaders. However, as of 2006, the sentences are yet to be carried out. The Indemnity Act was first promulgated as an ordinance by Bangladesh president Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad. ... August 15 is the 227th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (228th in leap years), with 138 days remaining. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Sheikh Hasina Wajed (Bangla: শেখ হাসিনা ওয়াজেদ) (born September 28, 1947) was the Prime Minister of Bangladesh from 1996 to 2001. ... 2006 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

See also

• Military coups in Bangladesh

Bangladesh has faced several military coups since its independence from Pakistan in 1971. ...

References

• Bangladesh: A Legacy of Blood, by Anthony Mascarenhaas.