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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.
A former army officer convicted of killing Bangladesh's independence leader in 1975 has been executed. Abdul Majed was hanged in the capital Dhaka after his appeal for presidential clemency was...
The assassinations of 15 August 1975, unprecedented in history in terms of the number of people killed including the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, are shrouded in...
For other uses, see Bangabandhu (disambiguation) and Mujibur Rahman (disambiguation). Sheikh Mujibur Rahman[ c ] (17 March 1920 – 15 August 1975), popularly known by the honorific prefix Bangabandhu[ d ] (lit.'Friend of Bengal '), was a Bangladeshi politician, revolutionary, statesman, activist and diarist.
Quick Facts. Also called: Sheikh Mujib. Born: March 17, 1920, Tungipara, India [now in Bangladesh] Died: August 15, 1975, Dhaka, Bangladesh (aged 55) Title / Office: president (1975), Bangladesh. prime minister (1972-1975), Bangladesh. president (1971-1972), Bangladesh. Notable Family Members: daughter Sheikh Hasina Wazed. Recent News.
Abdur Rab Serniabat, a former minister of water resources and brother-in-law of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, was killed in his home in Mintoo road, Dhaka at 5:00 am. His home was attacked by a team that was led by Major Aziz Pasha, Captain Majed, Major Shahriar Rashid, and Captain Nurul Huda.
Rahman - the father of the current prime minister, Sheikh Hasina - was killed during a military coup in 1975, along with most of his family. His death came just four years after Bangladesh gained...
