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Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and his wife Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib, in 1955. Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the first president of Bangladesh, was assassinated along with most of his family members during the early hours of 15 August 1975 by a group of Bangladesh Army personnel who invaded his residence as part of a coup d'état.
The military coup in Bangladesh on August 15 of 1975 was launched by mid-ranking army officers in order to assassinate founding president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, [6] [7] whose administration post-independence grew corrupt and reportedly authoritarian until he established a one-party state-based government led by the socialist party Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League.
On 29 September 2023, Dusshahoshi Khoka, a film was released that depicts Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's birth to adolescence and youth (1920–1938). [339] On 13 October 2023, Mujib: The Making of a Nation, a biopic of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman directed by Shyam Benegal was released.
After Sheikh Rahman returned from Pakistan, he and his family returned to the house, where they lived from February 1972 to August 1975. [13] On 15 August 1975, disgruntled army officers assassinated Sheikh Rahman, his wife Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib, and their sons Sheikh Kamal, Sheikh Jamal and Sheikh Russel. [b] [14] [15]
On 3 November 1975, Major General Khaled Mosharraf and Colonel Shafaat Jamil launched a counter coup to remove President Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad and the killers of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman from power. [3] The military administration had placed around 50 Awami League activists, including the four senior Awami League leaders, in Dhaka Central Jail. [4]
Noor was placed in the team that was to attack the residence of Sheikh Mujib. [1] Noor along with Major Mohammad Bazlul Huda shot and killed Sheikh Mujib while he was coming down the stairs. [2] [3] The attack on 15 August 1975 killed Mujib and most of his family members. [4]
In a video that lit up social media feeds in Bangladesh, jubilant protesters climbed atop a statue of Sheikh Mujib Rahman, the country’s first leader after independence, and beat it with iron ...
Death Notes Sheikh Mujibur Rahman: Bangladeshi politician and founding father and 1st President of Bangladesh: 1920 1975 Assassinated with his family during coup d'état. Sheikh Lutfar Rahman: Father of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman 1881 1975 Former Sheristadar at the Gopalganj civil court in British India. Sayera Khatun: Mother of Sheikh Mujibur ...