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The 15 August 1975 Bangladesh coup d'état was a military coup launched by mid ranking army officers in Bangladesh on 15 August 1975. The officers planned to put an end to the socialist one-party state regime of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman with a nationalist democratic government led by Khandaker Mushtaque Ahmed .
In 1972, Bangladesh Rifles, initially also called East Bengal Rifles, was created out of East Pakistan Rifles. [5] [6] Army officers were deputed to the newly created Bangladesh Rifles. [5] It was placed under the Ministry of Home Affairs. [4] Soldiers of the Bangladesh Rifles rebelled on 7 November 1972.
Medieval armor preserved in the Bangladesh Military Museum. Bangladesh's military history is intertwined with the history of a larger region, including present-day India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan and Myanmar. The country was historically part of Bengal – a major power in South Asia and Southeast Asia. Muslims brought new military technology to ...
The situation reached a climax in 1970, when the Bangladesh Awami League, the largest East Pakistani political party, led by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, won a landslide victory in the national elections. The party won 167 of the 169 seats allotted to East Pakistan, and thus a majority of the 313 seats in the National Assembly.
G. M. Mushfiqur Rahman, a lieutenant in the Bangladesh Army posted in 1 Field Artillery Regiment of Bangladesh Army in Chittagong Hill Tracts. On 8 September 1989, he led a 17-member team of Bangladesh Army soldiers and attacked a Shanti Bahini camp. Lieutenant Rahman was injured during the clash and died on that day at 8:15 am.
The military coup in Bangladesh on August 15 of 1975 was launched by mid-ranking army officers in order to assassinate founding president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, [6] [7] whose administration post-independence grew corrupt and reportedly authoritarian until he established a one-party state-based government led by the socialist party Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League.
Bangladesh became an independent country on 16 December 1971. Mirpur Thana, mostly inhabited by Biharis, remained under the control of pro-Pakistan paramilitary forces, even after the independence of Bangladesh. [2] Many of the inhabitants were members of pro-Pakistan paramilitary forces like the Razakars, Al-Badr, and Al-Shams.
Internal conflict in Bangladesh (1972–present) Location: Bangladesh Bangladesh: Various anti-Government groups Ongoing. First phase crushed Establishment of military rule in Bangladesh; Second phase crushed Signing of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord [1] Preservation of the territorial integrity of Bangladesh; Third phase ongoing