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Bangabandhu (legal name Sheikh Mujibur Rahman) was the founder of Bangladesh and one of its most important leaders. He was born on 17 March 1920 in Tungipara, Faridpur District, Bengal Presidency, British India. [a][2] In 1967, he was incarcerated in Central Jail, Dacca. That year his birthday was celebrated by the provincial branch of Awami ...
t. e. 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. As a politician, Mujib had held continuous positions either as Bangladesh's president or as its prime minister from ...
The history of Bangladesh dates back over four millennia to the Chalcolithic period. The region's early history was characterized by a succession of Hindu and Buddhist kingdoms and empires that fought for control over the Bengal region. Islam arrived in the 8th century and gradually became dominant from the early 13th century with the conquests ...
Sheikh Hasina Wazed[a] (born 28 September 1947) is a Bangladeshi politician who served as the tenth prime minister of Bangladesh from June 1996 to July 2001 and again from January 2009 to August 2024. [3][4] She is the daughter of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding father and first president of Bangladesh. Having served for a combined total of ...
The Golden Jubilee of Bangladesh's independence is an annual plan announced by the Government of Bangladesh to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Bangladesh's independence from Pakistan through a nine-month armed liberation war from 26 March to 16 December 1971. The government announced to celebrate the golden jubilee of independence from 26 ...
Bangladesh's founding leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, as prime minister, with US President Gerald Ford at the Oval Office in 1974. Upon his release on 10 January 1972, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman briefly assumed the provisional presidency and later took office as the prime minister, heading all organs of government and decision-making. [1]
v. t. e. The independence of Bangladesh was declared on 26 March 1971, at the onset of the Bangladesh Liberation War by Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman; [a] the following day the declaration was broadcast by Major Ziaur Rahman from Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra radio station in Kalurghat, Chattogram. [b] On 10 April, the Provisional Government ...
Date: 26 March – 16 December 1971 ... to the official birth of two states, ... Today, Bangladesh is a sovereign and independent country. On Thursday night, West ...