Assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
1975 murder in Dhaka, Bangladesh / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding father and 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 Dhanmondi 32 residence as part of a coup d'état.[1][2][3] Minister of Commerce, Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad, immediately took control of the government and proclaimed himself Head of the interim government from 15 August 1975 to 6 November 1975.[3] The assassination marked the first direct military intervention in Bangladesh's civilian administration-centric politics.[4] Lawrence Lifschultz characterized this incident as an outcome of cold war between the United States–influenced Pakistan and the Soviet Union–influenced India.[5] Annually on the 15 August is a National Mourning Day, an official national holiday in Bangladesh.[6]
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Assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman | |
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Location | Dhaka, Bangladesh |
Date | 15 August 1975; 48 years ago (1975-08-15) 4:30 am – 6:10 am (BST) |
Target | Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and his family |
Attack type | Military coup |
Weapons | 28 'unarmored' T-54 tanks, mortars, 105 mm howitzer, machine guns, rifles, revolvers and grenades |
Deaths | est. 36 (including Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, his wife, brother, 3 sons and 2 daughters-in-law) |
Injured | est. 48 (including Mujib's Personal assistant and a domestic worker) |
Assailants | est. A dozen of junior ranked army officers and 2 Unit of common soldiers |
Accused | 24 (including Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad, Taheruddin Thakur and Mahbub Alam Chashi) |
Convicted | 12 (Syed Faruque Rahman, Khandaker Abdur Rashid, S.H.M.B Noor Chowdhury, Mohammad Bazlul Huda, Rashed Chowdhury, Abdul Aziz Pasha, Sultan Shahriar Rashid Khan, Mohiuddin Ahmed, A.K.M. Mohiuddin Ahmed, Shariful Haque Dalim, Abdul Majed and Moslemuddin Khan) |
Charges | Conspiracy, murder, concealing evidence |
Sentence | Convicts: Death by hanging |