Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
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Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (Bengali: শেখ মুজিবুর রহমান; 17 March 1920 – 15 August 1975), often shortened as Sheikh Mujib or Mujib and widely known as Bangabandhu was a Bangladeshi politician, statesman and Founding Father of Bangladesh who served as the first President and later as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh from April 1971 until his assassination in August 1975. Mujib is credited with leading the successful campaign for Bangladesh’s independence from Pakistan. He is revered in Bangladesh with the honourific title of “Bangabandhu” (Bôngobondhu “Friend of Bengal”) which is used around the world. He was a founding member and eventual leader of the Awami League, founded in 1949 as an East Pakistan–based political party in Pakistan. Mujib is considered to have been a fundamental figure in the efforts to gain political autonomy for East Pakistan and later as the central figure behind the Bangladesh Liberation Movement and the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971. Thus, he is regarded as the “Jatir Janak” or “Jatir Pita” (Jatir Jônok or Jatir Pita, both meaning “Father of the Nation”) of Bangladesh. His daughter Sheikh Hasina is the current leader of the Awami League and currently serves as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh.
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Gallery
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Bangla Literary Conference (February, 1974)
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman speaking at the Bangla Literary Conference (February, 1974).
Sheikh Mujibur with political compatriots
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman with his political compatriots (1952).
Bangabandhu with Huseyn Suhrawardy
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman with his political mentor Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy ( 1949 )
Bangabandhu’s birthday
Children flocking at the Ganabhaban on the occasion of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s birthday. Beside Bangabandhu are his military secretary Colonel Jamil & his private secretary Mohammed Farashuddin (March 17, 1975).
1972-10jan
1972-10jan
UN General Assembly at New York
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman addresses the United Nations General Assembly at New York in BANGLA for the first time (September 24, 1974).
Bangabandhu with his beloved parents
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman with his beloved parents Sheikh Lutfar Rahman and Sheikh Sayera Khatun.
Visiting Egyptian trade mission
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman presented with a calligraphy of the Holy Quran by the delegates of a visiting Egyptian trade mission.
Bangabandhu with the United States President Gerald Ford
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman with the United States President Gerald Ford at the White House (October 1, 1974).
1971-4april
1971-4april
A smiling Bangabandhu
A smiling Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman during the signing of Mujib-Indira treaty (May 16, 1974).
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was arrested
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was arrested and taken to West Pakistan shortly before the start of Operation Search Light on March 25, 1971. Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the undisputed leader of the Bengali nation surrounded by Pakistani troops at Karachi airport (April 4, 1971).
Bangabandhu and his family visiting Indian Prime Minister
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and his family with the visiting Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi (March 18, 1972).
Bangabandhu with Jasimuddin.
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman with the eminent poet ‘Polli Kobi’ Jasimuddin.
Bangabandhu with his family
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman with his parents and family.