1990 Bangladesh mass uprising

A mass uprising took place in Bangladesh on 4 December 1990 and led to the fall of General Hussain Muhammad Ershad. The uprising, popularly known in Bangladesh as the ʼ90's Anti-Authoritarian Movement, was the result of a series of popular protests that started on 10 October 1990 to topple General Ershad, who came to power in 1982 by imposing martial law and replaced a democratically elected president, Abdus Sattar, through a bloodless coup.

The uprising is marked as the starting point of parliamentary democracy in Bangladesh after nine years of military rule and paved the way for a credible election in 1991. The Bangladesh Nationalist Party-led 7-party alliance, the Bangladesh Awami League-led 8-party alliance, and the leftist 5-party alliance were instrumental in staging the uprising against Ershad.

About one hundred people died during the protests. Around fifty were casualties of violence and street fights that started from 27 November, after a state of emergency was declared. General Ershad was arrested immediately after the uprising on corruption charges.