Full name: Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur
Rahman
Birth Date: March 17, 1920
Birth Place: Tungipara, Gopalganj, Bangladesh
Occupation: Politician
Assassinated: August 15, 1975 (aged 55)
Political party: Awami League
Spouse: Sheikh Fazila Mujib
Children: Hasina, Rehana, Kamal, Jamal, Rasel
Religion: Islam
Zodiac sign: Pisces
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was a Bengali nationalist politician and the founding leader of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh. He headed the Awami League, served as the first President of Bangladesh and later became Prime Minister. He is popularly referred to with the honorary titles of Bangabandhu and Father of Bengali Nation. His eldest daughter Sheikh Hasina Wajed is the present head of the Awami League and the current Prime Minister of Bangladesh.
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Career:
A student political leader, Mujib rose in East Pakistani politics and within the ranks of the Awami League as a charismatic and powerful speaker. An advocate of socialism, Mujib became popular for his leadership against the racial and institutional discrimination of Bengalis. He demanded increased regional autonomy and became a fierce enemy of the military rule of Ayub Khan. Mujibur positioned the party Awami League well during the Pakistani period to fight against any Pakistani political party.
Under the leadership of great leader, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Awami League participated in the election of 1970 and got the 167 seat. But the party didn’t get power for the boredom of the ruling military junta. Then the mass civil disobedience erupted across the East Pakistan and the leader announced Bangladeshis struggle for independence through the landmark 7th March speech. The Bengali nation joined in the Liberation War in 1971 for his historical speech that was given on March 07, 1971 at Suhrawardy Uddayan.
