Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Timeline of Events

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Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was a Bengali nationalist politician and the founder of Bangladesh. He headed the Awami League, served as the first President of Bangladesh and later became its Prime Minister. He headed the Awami League, served as the first President of Bangladesh and later became its Prime Minister...

Timeline of Events

1971

4.17.1971

The People's Republic of Bangladesh forms, under Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at Mujibnagor.

1972

1.10.1972

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman returns to the newly independent Bangladesh as president after spending over nine months in prison in Pakistan.

1975

8.15.1975

Bangladesh's founder Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is killed along with most members of his family during a military coup.

2010

1.28.2010

Five murderers of President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman of Bangladesh: Lieutenant Colonel Syed Faruq Rahman, Lieutenant Colonel Sultan Shahriar Rashid Khan, Major AKM Mohiuddin Ahmed, Major Bazlul Huda and Lieutenant Colonel Mohiuddin Ahmed were hanged.