Ziaur Rahman was a Bangladeshi military officer and politician who served as the President of Bangladesh from 1977 until his assassination. He was the founder of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and served as its chairman until his assassination. He previously served as the second chief of army staff from 1975 to 1978 with a minor break.
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party is a major political party in Bangladesh. Founded on 1 September 1978 by the late Bangladeshi president Ziaur Rahman,with a view of uniting people with a nationalist ideology,BNP later came out as one of the two most dominant parties in Bangladesh,along with its archrival Awami League. Initially being a big tent centrist party,it moved towards more right-wing politics later.
Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad was a Bangladeshi politician. He was the fourth president of Bangladesh from 15 August to 6 November 1975,after the assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. He was involved in the assassination of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on 15 August 1975. He took on the role of president immediately after the assassination,praised the assassins as "sons of the sun" and put cabinet ministers loyal to Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in jail.
Shah Azizur Rahman was a Bangladeshi politician who served as the prime minister of Bangladesh. However,he was the subject of considerable controversy for his collaboration with the Pakistan Army against the struggle for the independence of Bangladesh.
Abu Taher was a Bengali military serviceman,who served in the Pakistan Army,and later in BDF. He crossed into India around early August and reported to the Indian authorities. After a week screening at Dehradun,India,Taher reported to Kolkata,Bangladesh Provincial government at 8 Theatre Rd. He was ordered to report to Sector 11 of Mukti Bahini under command of Major Ziaur Rahman,he became the sector commander after him. He served in BDF from end of August to 2 November 1971. He was awarded the medal Bir Uttom for his gallantry in the liberation war. He was released from military service by Indian military medical board in Pune,India after his leg was amputated. After independence,he was inducted into the Bangladesh Army for administrative retirement with legacy rank of lieutenant colonel. After settling in with family,the government of Bangladesh appointed him with employment at Kumilla. Later Taher turned into a political activist and leader of the left-wing Jatiyo Samajtantrik Dal.
Bangladesh has undergone several changes of government since the Proclamation of Independence in 1971. Between the first recorded uprising in August 1975 and the last known attempt in December 2011,Bangladesh has been through as many as 29 military coups.
The Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League (BaKSAL) (Bengali:বাংলাদেশকৃষকশ্রমিকআওয়ামীলীগ,English:Bangladesh Worker-Peasant's People's League;বাকশাল) was a political front comprising the Bangladesh Awami League,the Communist Party of Bangladesh,the National Awami Party (Muzaffar) and Bangladesh Jatiya League.
The Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal is a political party in Bangladesh. The party was founded by Serajul Alam Khan. The party was very dominant during 1972–1975 Bangladesh insurgency.
The Jatiya Rakkhi Bahini was a Bangladeshi para-military force formed in 1972 by the Sheikh Mujibur Rahman government.
A. S. M. Abdur Rab is a Bangladeshi politician. He is the founder secretary general of the Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal. In 1985,Rab and his followers left the party and formed a new party Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD,known as JSD (Rab). He served as the Jatiya Sangsad Member from Lakshmipur-4 and the Minister of Shipping and later the Minister of Fisheries and Livestock during 1996-2001 of the first Sheikh Hasina Cabinet.
Shajahan Siraj was a Bangladeshi politician who served as the vice chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). As a student,he was involved with the Bangladesh Liberation War. He was one of the founders of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal. He was a member of Jatiya Sangsad representing the Tangail-4 constituency.
Gonobahini was the armed wing of the Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal. The group was mainly composed of former Mukti Bahini members from the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War.
Mashiur Rahman,also known as Jadu Mia,was a senior minister,with the rank and status of prime minister in charge of the Ministry of Railways,Roads and Highways of Bangladesh from 29 June 1978 to 12 March 1979. He was the founder of Bangladesh Jatyiotabadi Dal,the whole process of transition to multi-party democracy was his brainchild. He named the party and the election symbol was given to the party from his party NAP. He also made the formal Declaration of Independence of Bangladesh from his party NAP,on the 23 March 1971,when Sheikh Mujib was still negotiating for the premiership of Pakistan with the military junta of Pakistan,not giving the formal declaration despite people's determination for a free,independent country.
1974 Ramna Massacre was a massacre of Jatiyo Samajtantarik Dal supporters that took place on March 17,1974. The incident took place when a demonstrators from the Jatiyo Samajtantrik Dal,who were blockading the residence of the Home Minister Mansur Ali,located in the Ramna area of Dhaka,was fired upon by members of Jatiya Rakkhi Bahini. The incident reportedly claimed at least fifty lives.
Nizam Mohammad Serajul Alam Khan,commonly known as Serajul Alam Khan,also called as Dada,Dadabhai and by his initials SAK,was a Bangladeshi politician,political analyst,philosopher and writer who spearheaded the Bangladesh liberation movement under the leadership of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman but also became one of the controlling forces of political polarization in post-independence Bangladesh.
1972–1975 Bangladesh insurgency refers to the period after the independence of Bangladesh when left-wing Communist insurgents,particularly the Gonobahini fought against the government of the Prime Minister Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
Lutfa Taher is a Bangladesh Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal and member of parliament.
The 7 November 1975 Bangladesh coup d'état was a coup d'état launched by left-wing army personnel in collaboration with left-wing politicians from Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal. The coup resulted in the death of Major General Khaled Mosharraf,who only 3 days prior,led a coup against those involved in the assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. During the coup,Ziaur Rahman was freed from house arrest,enabling him to seize power and become president.
The 3 November 1975 Bangladesh coup d'état was a military coup d'état led by Major General Khaled Mosharraf to remove the assassins of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman from power.
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (Siraj) was a socialist political party in Bangladesh.
