Sahibzada Iskandar Ali Mirza was a Pakistani politician,statesman and military general who served as the Dominion of Pakistan's fourth governor-general of Pakistan from 1955 to 1956,and then as the Islamic Republic of Pakistan's first president from 1956 to 1958.
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.
Brigadier Siddique Salik,SI(M),was an officer in the Pakistan Army,combat artist,humorist,novelist,and a memoirist who served as 8th Director-General of the Inter-Services Public Relations from 1985 until his death in 1988 in the plane crash in Bahawalpur with then President. In addition,he also authored two eyewitnessed books on the Bangladesh Liberation War which took place in erstwhile East-Pakistan,giving accounts of politics and the barbaric strategies used by the military.
Abdus Sattar was a Bangladeshi statesman. A leader of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP),he served as the president of Bangladesh from 1981 to 1982,and earlier as the vice president. A jurist by profession,Abdus Sattar held numerous constitutional and political offices in British India,East Pakistan and Bangladesh. He was a cabinet minister,supreme court judge,and chief election commissioner. He took oath and became president shortly after the assassination of president Ziaur Rahman.
The Jatiya Party (Bengali:জাতীয়পার্টি,romanized: Jatiyo Party,lit. 'National Party';JaPa or JP(E)) is a political party in Bangladesh. The current chairman of the party is Ghulam Muhammed Quader. On 3 January 2019,the party announced its decision to join the Bangladesh Awami League-led Grand Alliance after having been in opposition for the previous parliamentary term. However,the party backtracked the next day and announced that it intended to remain part of the opposition.
Mohammad Ataul Gani Osmani was a Bangladeshi military officer and revolutionary. His military career spanned three decades,beginning with his service in the British Indian Army in 1939. He fought in the Burma Campaign during World War II,and after the partition of India in 1947,he joined the Pakistan Army and served in the East Bengal Regiment,retiring as a colonel in 1967. Osmani joined the Provisional Government of Bangladesh in 1971 as the commander-in-chief of the nascent Bangladesh Forces. Regarded as the founder of the Bangladesh Armed Forces,Osmani retired as the first full general from the Bangladesh Army in 1972.
The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) is a paramilitary force responsible for the border security of Bangladesh. The BGB is entrusted with the responsibility to defend the 4,427 kilometres (2,751 mi) border of Bangladesh with India and Myanmar. It was formerly known as the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR).
Bangladesh has undergone several changes of government since the Proclamation of Independence in 1971. Between the first recorded uprising in August 1975 and the 2009 Bangladesh Rifles revolt,Bangladesh has been through as many as 29 military coups.
Hasan Mashhud Chowdhury was a Bangladesh Army general who was 11th Chief of Army Staff of the Bangladesh Army from 16 June 2002 to 15 June 2005. He was the last officer to serve in this position who had first been commissioned by and served with the Pakistani Army,before the Liberation War of 1971. He served for two years before the war.
General elections were held in Bangladesh on 7 May 1986. A total of 1,527 candidates contested the election. The result was a victory for the Jatiya Party,which won 153 of the 300 directly elected seats. Voter turnout was 61%. Bangladesh Nationalist Party,the winner of the previous elections,boycotted the election.
Mukhlesur Rahman Chowdhury,also known as Mokhles Chowdhury,is a Bangladeshi journalist and editor. He served as Press Secretary of the President Iajuddin Ahmed. Mukhles Chowdhury performed as an advisor to the President Iajuddin Ahmed during the Caretaker Government established in October 2006.
The 1982 coup d'état was a military coup by Lt. Gen. Hussain Muhammad Ershad,the then-Chief of Army Staff of Bangladesh,against President Abdus Sattar. After serving initially as the Chief Martial Law Administrator and installing a civilian president,Justice A. F. M. Ahsanuddin Chowdhury,Ershad assumed presidency in 1983 and ruled until 1990.
Jahangir Alam Chowdhury is a retired Lieutenant General of the Bangladesh Army and former Director General of the Bangladesh Rifles during the conflicts with Border Security Force of India and skirmishes with Banga Sena group in the Bangladesh–India border. He has been serving as an adviser of the Interim Government of Bangladesh since 16 August 2024.
The 2011 Bangladesh coup d'état attempt was a coup planned from 11–12 January 2012,that was stopped by the Bangladesh Army in December 2011. This was announced at a press conference on 19 January 2012. The purpose of the coup was to establish Islamic law in Bangladesh. A number of officers including retired ones were arrested. The coup plotters argued that,they were nationalists trying to prevent Bangladesh from being turned into a puppet of India.
Quazi Golam Dastgir was a Bangladesh army general and diplomat. From 1975 to 1977,he served as the "Zonal Martial Law Administrator" for Dhaka Division.
Masud Uddin Chowdhury is a retired lieutenant general of the Bangladesh Army and a politician who belongs to Jatiya Party. He is the former chief coordinator of the National Coordination Committee on Combating Corruption and Crime.
Ruhul Amin Mohammad Golam Muktadir was a two star rank Bangladesh Army officer and former Director General of Bangladesh Rifles.
Mohabbat Jan Chowdhury is a former Bangladeshi Army Major General,politician and former Home Minister. He served as the Director General of DGFI.
Sadiqur Rahman Chowdhury was a retired Bangladesh Army major general and former director general of Bangladesh Rifles.
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