Born on March 17, 1920 at Tungipara in Gopalgonj district, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was the third child of Sheikh Lutfur Rahman and Saira Begum. He studied at the Islamia College and graduated from Dhaka University. At 18, Mujib married Fazilatunnesa. They became happy parents of two daughters and three sons.
Mujib joined All India Muslim Students Federation in 1940 and in 1943, switched to Bengal Muslim League where he came close to Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy. While at Dhaka University, he founded the East Pakistan Muslim Students’ League.
The genocide in Bangladesh began on 26 March 1971 with the launch of Operation Searchlight, as West Pakistan began a military crackdown on the Eastern wing of the nation to suppress Bengali calls for self-determination rights.
In the general elections of Pakistan in 1970, Awami League won a massive majority under Mujib’s Leadership. His party swooped in all but two of East Pakistan's quota of seats in the National Assembly.
After nine months of bloody war which killed over 3 millions of Bengalis, the Pak army surrendered to the allied forces of Muktibahini and Indian army. A new nation is born- Bangladesh. Sheikh Mujibur Rahman returned home on January 10, 1972 and took the charge of reconstructing the war-torn country.
On the night of August 15, 1975, a group of wayward army officers assassinated Mujib and all of his family members except the two daughters. This brutal assassination not only put an indelible smudge in the newborn nation’s history, but led the country into a political vacuum. Democracy started fading away and the reconstruction process suffered a major setback.
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" I have not seen the Himalayas. But I have seen Sheikh Mujib "
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" Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is the friend of oppressed people of the world"
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" I have deep respect for Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Standing in this great country today, I also want to be a friend of Bangladesh "
"Uncompromising leadership and mildness of heart was the character of Mujib"
"If Bangabandhu survived, Bangladesh would have already become a developed country."
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"Uncompromising leadership and mildness of heart was the character of Mujib"
