Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The uprising consisted of mass demonstrations and sporadic conflicts between government armed forces and the demonstrators. Although the unrest began in 1966 with the six point movement of Awami League, it got momentum at the beginning of 1969. It culminated in the resignation of Ayub Khan.
It took the form of a mass uprising of students and workers, attracting people from every profession. The uprising took place from early November 1968, to the end of March 1969 with 10 to 15 million people participating. [1] The protests resulted in President Ayub Khan resigning from office. [2] [3]
A student procession at the University of Dhaka campus during the mass uprising of 1969. On this day in 1969 Matiur Rahman Mallik , a standard IX student of the Nabakumar Institution , [ 2 ] [ 3 ] and Rustam Ali, a rickshaw-puller, [ 3 ] were killed in police fire on demonstrators in Dhaka as the Pakistani rulers desperately tried to suppress ...
Amanullah Mohammad Asaduzzaman (known as Asad; 10 June 1942 – 20 January 1969) [1] was an East Pakistani student activist whose death at the hands of police during a protest on 20 January 1969 "changed the nature of the student-mass movement and ... turned into a mass-upsurge against the Ayub regime and its repressive measures", according to Banglapedia. [2]
According to the government decision, the final date for the case was 6 February 1969. However, because of the mass upsurge of 1969, the government had to defer the date. [1] In the morning of 15 February 1969, a Pakistani havildar shot point-blank at Sergeant Zahurul Haq at the door of his jail cell and killed him. [9]
This culminated in the 1969 mass uprising and the subsequent withdrawal of Agartala Conspiracy Case. [2] [3] [4] On 24 January 1971, in the backdrop of outbreak of the Bangladesh Liberation War, the mass uprising was commemorated and all political groups of East Pakistan (barring Islamist groups like Jamaat-e-Islami) reiterated the 11-point ...
Their activism was instrumental in the mass uprising of 1969, which not only challenged the military regime of Ayub Khan but also ignited the call for democracy. The efforts of these students were a significant precursor to the eventual independence of Bangladesh, highlighting the power of collective action and the impact of youth in shaping ...
1969 East Pakistan mass uprising; A. Agbekoya; Araguaia Guerrilla War; B. Battle of Ben Het; Operation Bulmus 6; C. Camp Tigri; Cherbourg Project; Communist ...