Biography of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

Biography of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

The greatest Bengali of all time Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is the architect of the independent sovereign state of Bangladesh and the father of the nation. He was born on 16 March 1920 in Tungipara of Gaepalganj district. His father Sheikh Lutfar Rahman and mother Sayara Khatun. He became involved in politics and the country from his student days. He obtained his BA degree from Calcutta University and studied law at Dhaka University. He has been imprisoned many times for his involvement in various democratic movements including the language movement. He united the whole nation by building an all-out movement by raising the six-point demand known as the Charter of Liberation of the Bengalis. Under his leadership, the Awami League won an absolute majority in the 1970 national and provincial elections in Pakistan. But the then government of Pakistan started a conspiracy without handing over power. He called for non-cooperation in this situation. In a historic speech at the Racecourse Ground on March 7, 1971, he declared: “This time the struggle is for our liberation, this time the struggle is for freedom. After midnight on March 25, 1971, Pakistani forces arrested the undisputed leader of the Bengalis from his residence in Dhanmondi to thwart the Bengali liberation struggle. Before his arrest, in the early hours of March 26, he declared the independence of Bangladesh. In the absence of Bangabandhu, the Provisional Government of Bangladesh formed with him as President conducted the war of liberation. After his victory in the War of Liberation, he was released from prison in Pakistan on January 10, 1972. He returned to Shaw and took on the great responsibility of rebuilding the war-torn country. As the undisputed leader of the Bengalis, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman became a legend in his lifetime. Bangabandhu was the first Bengali to address the UN General Assembly in Bengali. In 1973, he was awarded the Julio Curie Medal. On 15 August 1975, Father of the Nation Bangabandhu * Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and his family were killed by some members of the military in a domestic-foreign conspiracy.