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Jail Killing
Jail Killing refers to the murder of four Awami League leaders in prison by the planners of army officers who launched the 15 August 1975 Bangladesh coup d'état. The four were former President Syed Nazrul Islam, former prime ministers Tajuddin Ahmed and Muhammad Mansur Ali, and President of Awami League Abul Hasnat Muhammad Qamaruzzaman Background President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was killed in the 15 August 1975 Bangladesh coup d'état and the Awami League government overthrown. History On 3 November 1975, Major General Khaled Mosharraf and Colonel Shafaat Jamil launched a counter coup to remove Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad and the killers of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman from power. The military administration had placed around 50 Awami League activists including four senior Awami League leaders in Dhaka Central Jail. The four were former President Syed Nazrul Islam, former prime ministers Tajuddin Ahmed and Muhammad Mansur Ali, and President of Awami League Abul Hasnat Muhammad Qamaruz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
15 August 1975 Bangladesh Coup D'état
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Abdul Majed
Abdul Majed (died 12 April 2020) was a Bangladeshi military officer who was convicted for his role in the assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding president of Bangladesh. Career Majed was a captain in the Bangladesh Army. He was appointed to the Bangladeshi Embassy in Senegal. He retired from the Bangladesh Army in 1980 and joined the civil administration as a Deputy Secretary. He worked at the Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation. He was promoted to the rank of Secretary. He joined the Ministry of Youth and Sports as the director of youth development. He was appointed the Director of National Savings Directorate. He disappeared in 1997 after Sheikh Hasina, daughter of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, was elected Prime Minister of Bangladesh. Conviction and execution On 14 August 1975, Majed and other officers looted weapons from the Bengal Lancers armory. On 15 August 1975, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and most of his family members were killed in the 15 August 1975 Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surendra Kumar Sinha
Surendra Kumar Sinha (born 1 February 1951), commonly known as SK Sinha is a Bangladeshi lawyer and jurist who served as the 21st Chief Justice of Bangladesh. He resigned from the position in November 2017 amid the 16th amendment verdict controversy. Early life and education Sinha was born in a Kshatriya Family in the present-day Tilakpur village in Kamalganj, Moulvibazar District in 1951 to Bishnupriya Manipuri parents, Lalit Mohan Sinha and Dhanabati Sinha. He obtained his bachelor of laws degree in 1974 from the Sylhet Law College. Career Sinha enrolled as an advocate of the District Court, Sylhet in 1974 and practiced in that court under the guidance of two civil and criminal lawyers and conducted sessions trial cases independently till the end of 1977. He obtained the permission to practice before the High Court Division and Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh in 1978 and 1990 respectively. Sinha was elevated as a judge of the High Court Division on 24 O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nazmun Ara Sultana
Nazmun Ara Sultana (born July 8, 1950) first woman in Bangladesh to serve as head of an Appellate Division bench in Supreme Court. Supreme Court, the apex court that gives a final verdict in the country's judicial system. Nazmun Ara Sultana took oath as a first female justice of Appellate Division on February 23 in 2011. She goes into retirement on July 7, 2017. Early life and education Nazmun was born in Moulvibazar in 1950. Her father was Abul Kashem Moinuddin. Her mother is Begum Rashida Sultana Din. She lost her father at the age of 11. She passed SSC exam from Vidyamoyee Govt. Girls' High School in 1965 and HSC exam from Muminunnesa Women's College in 1967. Sultana graduated from Ananda Mohan College. After that she complete her LLB from Momenshahi Law college, Maymenshing. Career Nazmun Ara Sultana joined the Judicial Service as a Munsif on December 20, 1975, and promoted as District and Sessions Judge on December 20, 1990. She passed Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nurul Islam Manzur
Nurul Islam Manzur ( bn, নূরুল ইসলাম মঞ্জুর; 26 May 1936 – 26 May 2020) was a former Bangladesh Awami League politician and the former State Minister of Communication in the cabinet of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. He was aligned with the Bangladesh Nationalist Party. Career Manzur was elected to Parliament in 1973, the first parliament of Bangladesh, from Bakerganj-8 as a candidate of Bangladesh Awami League. He served in the Fourth Sheikh Mujib cabinet as the State Minister of Communication. He was dismissed from the post by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on 21 July 1975. According to the sources of the United States Embassy in Dhaka, he was removed due to his rivalry with Abdur Rab Serniabat, the Minister of Flood Control and Water Development and brother-in-law of President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. The two had a rivalry centering on Barisal District, their home district. He joined the Moshtaque Ahmad government after the assassination of Sheikh Mujibur R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rashed Chowdhury
Rashed Chowdhury is a former Bangladesh Army officer. Chowdhury was a participant in the coup that led to the assassination of Sheikh Mujibur, the founding father and President of Bangladesh, in 1975. His specific role in the coup is in dispute. After the coup, the new constitution granted him and other conspirators immunity and he went on to work as a diplomat for the Bangladesh government. After Sheikh Hasina's election in 1996, he travelled to the United States and requested asylum which was granted. He has been convicted and sentenced to death ''in absentia'' and the Bangladesh government is seeking his extradition. 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War Chowdhury fought in the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War and was awarded Bir Protik, the fourth highest gallantry award in Bangladesh. However, Chowdhury's award was revoked, along with the awards of several other soldiers involved in the assassination of Sheikh Mujib. 1975 coup In 1975 some dissatisfied Bangladesh Army officers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shariful Haque Dalim
Shariful Haque Dalim (born 2 February 1946) Official website of Major Daliimbu. Retrieved 11 November 2016 is a former decorated veteran and ambassador of . He was also convicted for his part in the of , the country's foundin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sultan Shahriar Rashid Khan
Sultan Shahriar Rashid Khan (died 28 January 2010) was a Bangladeshi army officer who was convicted for the assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding father and then President of Bangladesh. He was executed by the government of Bangladesh for his role in the coup. On 28 January 2010, Rahman was hanged along with Syed Faruque Rahman, A.K.M. Mohiuddin Ahmed, Mohiuddin Ahmed, and Mohammad Bazlul Huda in Old Dhaka Central Jail. Career In 1973 Khan was the Chief Inspector of Army School of Physical Training in Comilla. His friend and colleague, Major Shariful Haque Dalim and his wife, had gotten into a scuffle with the sons of Gazi Golam Mostafa, a politician of Bangladesh Awami League. Some officers ransacked the house of Gazi Golam which led to the officers including Dalim and Major S.H.M.B Noor Chowdhury being dismissed from the army over indiscipline. Khan resigned from the army over this incident. Khan opened a used consumer electronics store named Shery Enterprise in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syed Faruque Rahman
Syed Faruque Rahman (died 28 January 2010) was a coup member involved in toppling the Sheikh Mujib regime in Bangladesh. He was convicted and hanged on 28 January 2010 along with co-conspirators Sultan Shahriar Rashid Khan, A.K.M. Mohiuddin Ahmed, Mohiuddin Ahmed, and Mohammad Bazlul Huda in Dhaka Central Jail, Old Dhaka, for the murder of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founder and first President of Bangladesh. Sayed Faruque Rahman and his close ally Kahandaker Abdur Rashid were the chief organisers of the assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on 15 August 1975. He was 2IC of the 1st Bengal Lancers Regiment of the Bangladesh Army who led a group of junior army officers in-order to overthrew the regime of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and installed Khondaker Mushtaque Ahmed as President of Bangladesh. Career In 1974, Rahman was placed in charge of recovering weapons in Demra, Munshiganj District, Narayanganj District, and Narsingdi District. He had experienced some things which made hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nazmul Hossain Ansar
Nazmul Hossain Ansar is a Bangladesh Army officer and convicted for the 1975 Jail Killing of four national leaders of Bangladesh following the Assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the President of Bangladesh. He is wanted by Bangladesh and is currently residing in Canada. Career Ansar was involved in the 15 August 1975 Bangladesh coup d'état that killed Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and removed his government from power. He helped form the post-coup government led by Khanadaker Moshtaque Ahmed. After the coup, Ansar was appointed third secretary at the Bangladesh High Commission in Canada. He was also promoted to the rank of captain. The government of Bangladesh requested his extradition in 1998 from Canada. On 1 May 2010, Ansar was acquitted in the case over the Assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. On 5 May 2001, Ansar and 18 other army officers were charged in the death of 13 civilians who were killed by artillery shelling used during the 15 August 1975 Bangladesh coup d' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohammad Kismat Hashem
Mohammad Kismat Hashem was a Bangladesh Army officer who was convicted for his role in the 1975 Jail Killing following the Assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the President of Bangladesh. Career A few Bangladesh Army officers were dissatisfied with the government of Bangladesh Awami League and President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Hashem was at a meeting of Army officers at the 2 Field Artillery Regiment centre which was commanded by Major Khandaker Abdur Rashid and Major Syed Faruque Rahman. The officers gathered were briefed by Syed Faruque Rahman on the plan to remove Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. On 15 August 1975 Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was killed by the Army officers along with 22 members of his family. Khandker Mushtaq Ahmed was made the President by the army officers. Hashem left Bangladesh on 3 November 1975 after the Jail killing of AHM Qamaruzzaman, former Home Minister, M Mansur Ali, the former finance minister, Tajuddin Ahmad, former Prime Minister of Bangladesh, and Syed Na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
