Hussain Muhammad Ershad was a Bangladeshi military officer and politician who served as the leader of Bangladesh from 1982 to 1990,ruling as an unelected military strongman from 1982 to 1983 and as president of Bangladesh from 1983 to 1990.
Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad was a Bangladeshi politician. He was the Minister of Commerce in the third Mujib Rahman ministry under Sheikh Mujibur Rahman,and assumed the presidency of Bangladesh after the assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on August 15,1975. He praised the assassins as "sons of the sun" and put cabinet ministers loyal to Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in jail. He was himself deposed by another coup less than three months later on November 3,1975.
Gopalganj is a district in the Dhaka Division of Bangladesh. The district has 1,172,415 inhabitants and its surface area is 1,490 km2. The main town of the district is also called Gopalganj. It is the bank of the Madhumati river and located at 23°00’47.67" N 89°49’21.41". It is bounded by Faridpur district on the North,Pirojpur and Bagerhat district on the south,and Barisal district on the east and Narail district on the West. This district is also known as "GP" to the youth. Gopalganj is subdivided into five sub-districts (upazila/thana).
Gazipur is a district in central Bangladesh,that is part of the Dhaka Division. It has an area of 1741.53 km2. It is the home district of Tajuddin Ahmad,the first Prime Minister of Bangladesh and has been a prominent centre of battles and movements throughout history. Gazipur is home to the Bishwa Ijtema,the second-largest annual Muslim gathering in the world with over 5 million attendees. The district is home to numerous universities,colleges,the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Safari Park,Bhawal National Park as well as the country's only business park - the Bangabandhu Hi-Tech City.
Motiur Rahman Nizami was a politician,former Minister of Bangladesh,Islamic scholar,writer,and the former leader of the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami. He is noted for leading the terror squad Al-Badr during the Bangladesh Liberation War. On 29 October 2014,he was convicted of masterminding the Demra massacre by the International Crimes Tribunal of Bangladesh. Nizami was the Member of Parliament for the Pabna-1 constituency from 1991 to 1996 and again from 2001 to 2006. He also served as the Bangladeshi Minister of Agriculture and Minister of Industry.
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman,the 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 residence as part of a coup d'état. The Minister of Commerce,Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad,immediately took control and proclaimed himself head of an interim government from 15 August to 6 November 1975;he was in turn succeeded by Chief Justice Abu Sayem. The assassination marked the first direct military intervention in Bangladesh's civilian administration. Lawrence Lifschultz characterized this incident as an outcome of the Cold War between the United States-influenced Pakistan and the Soviet Union-influenced India. 15 August is annually observed as National Mourning Day,a commemorative day in Bangladesh.
The Jatiya Rakkhi Bahini was a Bangladeshi para-military force formed in 1972 by the Sheikh Mujibur Rahman government.
Abul Kalam Faezul Huq was a Bangladeshi politician,lawyer,and columnist. Huq served as a member of parliament on three occasions,and held various ministerial portfolios including Public Works,Urban Development,Jute,and Textiles after Bangladesh gained independence. He was first elected as a member of the Pakistan National Assembly from the Banaripara Upazila-Swarupkathi-Nazirpur Upazila constituency as a Awami League nomination in 1970.
Sheikh Fazlul Haque Moni was a Bangladeshi politician. He was one of the nephews of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman,the founding father of Bangladesh. He was the founder of Mujib Bahini Bangladesh Liberation Force-BLF one of the major guerrilla forces of the Bangladesh Liberation War and also the founder of Bangladesh Awami Jubo League,the youth wing of Bangladesh Awami League.
Air Vice Marshal (Retd.) Abdul Karim Khandker,Bir Uttom is a former planning minister of the Government of Bangladesh. He is a retired diplomat and was the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Bangladesh Armed Forces during the Bangladesh Liberation War,He was also the first Chief of Air Staff (Bangladesh),getting the appointment immediately after the independence of Bangladesh in 1972.
Mohammed Zillur Rahman was a Bangladeshi politician who served as the President from 2009 to his death in 2013. He was also a senior presidium member of the Awami League. He is the third president of Bangladesh,after Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Ziaur Rahman,to die in office,while being the first to die of natural causes.
Andaleeve Rahman Partho is the chairman of the Bangladesh Jatiya Party,a former Member of Parliament and the principal of British School of Law in Dhaka.
Noor-E-Alam Chowdhury is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Madaripur-1 constituency and the former Chief whip of Jatiya Sangsad.
Matiur Rahman was a Bangladeshi politician and organizer of the Liberation War who was a Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Rangpur 11 constituency. He was the minister of housing in the second cabinet of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the minister of local government,rural development and cooperatives in the third cabinet.
The Tungipara Sheikh family of Tungipara is one of the two most prominent Bangladeshi political families,other being the Zia family. The family primarily consists of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman,Sheikh Hasina,Sheikh Rehana and their relatives. Their political involvement has traditionally revolved around the Bangladesh Awami League.
The 15 August 1975 Bangladesh coup d'état was a military coup in Bangladesh launched by mid-ranking army officers on 15 August 1975. The officers were part of a conspiracy to assassinate founding president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman,whose administration post-independence grew corrupt and authoritarian until he unscrupulously established a one-party state led by the socialist BaKSAL. Mujib,along with his resident family members,were killed during the coup but was survived by his two then-expat daughters,one of them being future prime minister Sheikh Hasina. The officers were led by Capt. Abdul Majed,Maj. Syed Faruque Rahman,Maj. Khandaker Abdur Rashid and Maj. Shariful Haque Dalim.
The non-cooperation movement of 1971 was a historical movement in then East Pakistan by the Awami League and the general public against the military government of Pakistan in March of that year. After the announcement of the suspension of the session of the National Assembly of Pakistan on 1 March,the spontaneous movement of the people started,but officially on the call of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman,the non-cooperation movement started on 2 March and continued until 25 March. The movement lasted for a total of 25 days.
Sheikh Lutfur Rahman was a Bangladeshi serestadar,an officer responsible for record-keeping at the Gopalganj civil court in British India. His son Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was the first president of Bangladesh. Lutfar was also the paternal grandfather of Sheikh Hasina.
Mamunul Haque is a Bangladeshi Islamic scholar and the Joint Secretary-General of Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh,emerged as an Islamist leader in the late 2010s,particularly following the deadliest events of the Siege of Dhaka. With an ancestral heritage of religious scholarship and political leadership from his father,Azizul Haque,he succeeded his father both as a Sheikh al-Hadith at Jamia Rahmania and as the Secretary-General of Bangladesh Khilafat Majlis. He is best known for his oratory skills and his advocacy for the establishment of an Islamic state and the integration of Islamic principles into government policies. In 2020 and 2021,he led opposition to the construction of a sculpture of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and organized anti-Modi protests,which made him the undisputed Hefazat leader overnight. He faced legal challenges,including 41 cases,one of which was a treason charge,and has been imprisoned three times under the Sheikh Hasina regime. Following the fall of this regime,he participated in discussions with the President and the Chief of Army Staff,which eventually led to the formation of the Yunus interim government,which included a member from Hefazat,A F M Khalid Hossain. In addition to his political and religious activities,he has served as an adjunct professor at Asian University of Bangladesh and is the editor of Rahmani Paigam,a monthly magazine published in Dhaka.
Gazi Md. Mozammel Haque is an Additional Director General of Bangladesh Police. He is the director of Anondo Police Housing Society which owns land worth 66.5 billion Bangladesh taka. He is the Joint Secretary of Bangladesh Kabaddi Federation.
