Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib
Around a million people rallied at Suhrawardy Udyan, on February 23, 1969, to confer the title on Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
February 23 is a red-letter day for the nation, as five decades ago, in 1969, the people of Bangladesh bestowed the “Bangabandhu” title on Sheikh Mujibur Rahman; he later led the nation to gain independence through supreme sacrifices made during the Liberation War in 1971.
The then-Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (Ducsu) Vice President and Sarbadaliya Chhatra Sangram Parishad Convenor Tofail Ahmed announced the title on behalf of the people at a rally after Sheikh Mujib—subsequently the father of the nation—was freed from jail in the Agartala Conspiracy case on February 22, 1969.
“On the basis of the historic 11-Point Movement, we freed Bangabandhu from a Pakistani jail on February 22, through an uprising.
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman ( 17 March 1920 – 15 August 1975), often shortened as Sheikh Mujib or Mujib, statesman and Founding Father of Bangladesh who served as the first President and later as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh from 17 April 1971 until his assassination on 15 August 1975.[1] He is considered to have been the driving force behind the independence of Bangladesh. He is popularly dubbed with the title of “Bangabandhu” (Bôngobondhu “Friend of Bengal”) by the people of Bangladesh. Mujib is credited as an important figure in 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.
Bengali language movement
Rally on 21 February 1954 by Moulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani and Mujibur Rahman marching barefoot to pay their tributes to the Language Movement Martyrs.
Personal life and family,
Mujibur was 13 years old when he married his paternal cousin Fazilatunnesa who was only three and had just lost her parents, so her (and Mujibur’s) grandfather, Sheikh Abdul Hamid, had commanded his son Sheikh Lutfar Rahman to marry his son Mujibur to her.[109] It was 9 years later, in 1942.
General Election
Bangabandhu was re-elected president of the Awami League on 6 January. In the general election held on 7 December of Pakistan, the Awami League acquired an absolute majority and secured 167 seats out of 169 National Assembly seats in the then East Pakistan and won 288 out of 300 seats in the Provincial Assembly.
Sheikh Mujibur Rahmans History
৭ অক্টোবর ১৯৭৪ বঙ্গবন্ধু শেখ মুজিবুর রহমান ইরাক সফর কালে
৭ অক্টোবর ১৯৭৪ বাংলাদেশের স্থপতি বাঙালি জাতির জনক বঙ্গবন্ধু শেখ মুজিবুর রহমান ইরাক সফর কালে ইরাকের রাষ্ট্রপতি সাদ্দাম হোসেন সহ সম্ভাব্য হযরত আলী ( রাদিআল্লাহু
Sheikh MUjubur Rahman
My greatest strength is the love for my people, my greatest weakness is that I love them too much
1920
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was born in a respectable Muslim family on 17 March, 1920 in Tungipara village under the Gopalganj subdivision (at present district) of Faridpur district.
1927
School Life
At the age of seven, Bangabandhu began his schooling at Gimadanga Primary School. At nine he was admitted to Class three at Gopalganj Public School. Subsequently he was transferred to a local missionary school.
1934
Break of Study
Bangabandhu was forced to go for a break of study when at the age of fourteen; one of his eyes had to be operated on.
1938
Mujib married
At eighteen Mujib married Begum Fazilatunnesa. They subsequently became the happy parents of two daughters and three sons.
1942
Secondary School Certificate
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman passed the Entrance (currently Secondary School Certificate) Examination. He then got himself admitted as an intermediate student in the Humanities faculty of Calcutta Islamia College, where he had lodgings at Baker Hostel. That same year Bangabandhu got actively involved with movement for the creation of Pakistan.
Historic six-point programme
On February 5, 1966, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman presented his historic six-point programme known as the `charter of freedom of the Bengali nation’. It drew the roadmap for the independence of Bangladesh under the garb of greater autonomy. The programme hit hard at the roots of Pakistani colonial rule over the
National Assembly session 1971
Following general Yahya khan’s postponement of the National Assembly session on March 1, 1971, only two days before the session was due to take place, every section of the Bengalis instantaneously came out onto the streets in massive demonstrations. The Bengalis’ aspirations for freedom reached an indomitable height. From March
