Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
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Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was a Bangladeshi politician, revolutionary, statesman, activist, and diarist who was the founding president of Bangladesh. As the leader of Bangladesh, he led the country as its
Official portrait, c. 1971
Mujib's birthplace in Tungipara village, Gopalganj
Mujib with a trophy after winning a football tournament captaining Dhaka Wanderers in 1940
Mujib in the late 1940s
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding 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
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
…who was the founding president of Bangladesh. As the leader of Bangladesh, he led the country as its president and prime minister from 1972 until his assassination in a coup d'état in 1975. Born in an aristocratic Bengali Muslim family in Tungipara, Mujib emerged as a student activist in the province of Bengal…
The staircase in Bangabandhu House, Dhaka (now demolished), where Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib was assassinated at 6:00 AM on 15 August 1975
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's meeting in Dhaka for the 1970 Pakistani general election
The bedroom where Begum Mujib and most of the members of Mujib family were assassinated
Grave of the victims at Banani Graveyard