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Sheikh Mujibur Rahman[c](17 March 1920 – 15 August 1975), popularly known by the honorific prefixBangabandhu[d](lit. 'Friend of Bengal'), was a Bangladeshi politician, revolutionary, statesman, activist and diarist.
Jun 9, 2024 · Mujibur Rahman, Bengali leader who became the president (1971–72; 1975) and prime minister (1972–75) of Bangladesh. As a cofounder of the Awami League, he demanded independence for East Pakistan when the league secured a majority of the seats in Pakistan’s National Assembly in 1970.
Aug 15, 2023 · Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, affectionately known as “Bangabandhu” (Friend of Bengal), holds a significant place in the history of Bangladesh. He played a pivotal role in leading his nation to independence and shaping its destiny as an independent country.
Apr 12, 2020 · Her government overturned a law protecting her father's killers from prosecution, and in 1998 Majed and a dozen other army officers were sentenced to death. Bangladesh's supreme court upheld...
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (Bengali language: 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.
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, popularly known by the honorific prefix Bangabandhu, was a Bangladeshi politician, revolutionary, statesman, activist and diarist. As a politician, Mujib had held continuous positions either as Bangladesh's president or as its prime minister from April 1971 until his assassination in August 1975.
RAHMAN, SHEIKH MUJIBUR (1920–1975), first president and prime minister of Bangladesh (1971–1975). Adored and loved as Bangabandhu ("Bengal's Friend"), Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was a charismatic, crowd-inspiring leader.
Apr 22, 2022 · This chapter examines Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s political ascendancy as the sole spokesman of Bengalis in East Pakistan during 1963–1971, from his involvements in the Agartala Conspiracy to the emergence of Bangladesh.
At that time when the Pakistani military rulers refused to transfer power to the Bengali nationalist leader Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, whose party Awami League gained majority in the National Assembly of Pakistan in the general election held in 1970.
Following the defeat of Pakistani forces on 16 December 1971, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was released from custody from Pakistan in London on 22 December 1971, from where he flew to India, and then to Bangladesh. Mujib led the government as Prime Minister of Bangladesh for three years after Bangladesh gained independence.
