Mujibur Rahman

Mujibur Rahman (in Bengali: শেখমুজিবররহমান), born the March 17th 1920, dead the August 15th 1975, is the founding father of the Bangladesh.

Rahman was born in Tongipara in the district from Faridpur in Bengal Eastern

In December 1970 take place the first general elections with the Pakistan. The League Awami and its leader Mujibur Rahman gain the elections (160 of the 162 seats reserved in Eastern Pakistan at the Pakistani National Assembly) but the general Yahya Khan invalid the results.

In answer to its declaration of independence of Bangladesh the March 26th 1971, Rahman is imprisoned by Yahya Khan. Consequently the civil war against the Pakistani occupation begins. The intervention of the India allowed the victory of the freedom fighters. Mujibur Rahman is released the December 22nd 1971 and becomes the first Prime Minister of Bangladesh. Its party, the Awami league, gains a victory crushing at the time of the first elections of the March 7th 1973.

He declares the state of emergency in December 1974 and makes amend the constitution. He reduces the powers of the Parliament and justice and founds a system of party-single, Baksal, to which all the members of Parliament were to belong. The army reacts and makes a coup d'etat the August 15th 1975 by killing Mujibur Rahman and several members of its family with Dhâkâ.

His/her daughter, Sheikh Hasina, was Prime Minister of Bangladesh of 1996 to 2001.

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