Sheikh Russel
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Sheikh Russel was the youngest child of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the first President of Bangladesh. Russel and most of his direct family were killed in their home during the 1975 military coup.
Russel with his father Sheikh Mujib
Sculpture of Sheikh Russel
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in 1950
A military coup was launched in Bangladesh on 15 August 1975, by mid-ranking army officers in order to assassinate President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, also known as Bangabandhu or
Grave of the victims at Banani Graveyard, Dhaka