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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.
BD-08: BD-08 [9] and BD-08 MK-II with optical sight. It is the current standard-issue rifle of the Bangladesh Army and also used by Border Guard Bangladesh and other forces. It is a Bangladeshi variant of the Chinese Type 81 assault rifle. Type 56 assault rifle - Assembled locally. [10]
List of years in Bangladesh 1975 ( MCMLXXV ) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar , the 1975th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 975th year of the 2nd millennium , the 75th year of the 20th century , and the 6th year of the 1970s decade.
A montage of notable people of and events of Bangladesh in the 1970s including (clockwise from top left): Image of the Bhola cyclone taken on 11 November 1970; Pakistan's PNS Ghazi sank in 1971 during Indo-Pakistani War of 1971; Lt Gen Niazi signing the Instrument of Surrender under the gaze of Lt Gen Aurora at Dhaka on 16 December 1971; President Ziaur Rahman; Bangladesh PM Sheikh Mujib and ...
The Fifth Amendment to the Constitution of Bangladesh ratified and confirmed all proclamations, orders, regulations and laws, and amendments, additions, modifications, substitutions and omissions made in the constitution during the period between 15 August 1975 and 9 April 1979 (both days inclusive) by the authorities when the country was under martial law.
In reminiscence to the uprising, 7 November is observed as the National Revolution and Solidarity Day in Bangladesh. The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), which was founded by Ziaur Rahman after he became president, [14] commemorates the day and regards the military coup a "civil military uprising". [15]
Romanian version of SPG-9. Capable of firing thermobaric ammunition. [31] AG-7: Rocket-propelled grenade: 40 mm Romania: Romanian version of RPG-7; standard anti-tank weapon at infantry squad level. [32] M72A5 LAW: Light rocket-propelled grenade: 66 mm Norway: Bought from Nammo Raufoss AS, Norway. Used by special forces. 24 initially purchased ...
The Bangladesh government deployed paramilitary Bangladesh Border Guards forces in 22 of the 64 administrative districts of Bangladesh to quell violence against the Hindu community. As of 22 October 2021, at least 11 people have been killed across the country, including 7 Hindus, in the "worst communal violence in years" as termed by The New ...