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Known as Bangabandhu (friend of Bengal) and as father of the nation (Jatir Pita), father of two-term Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Mujib cofounded the Awami League (political party) in 1949 and emerged as leader of the Bengali language movement, then of the campaign for autonomy, and finally for independence from Pakistan, achieved December 16, 1971, after a war of liberation; he served as Prime Minister and then President of Bangladesh until his assassination on August 15, 1975, leaving a contested legacy.
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Shaykh (usually spelled Sheikh) Mujibur Rahman was born in Tungipara on March 17, 1920. His father, descended from local gentry – hence the title “Sheikh” – was Court Record Officer at Gopalganz. Routinely referred to as Sheikh Mujib, or as Mujib without the “Rahman,” Mujib married Fazilatunnesa (1930–1975), popularly called BangMata(mother of Bengal) in 1938. They had three sons and two...
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Bennett, C. (2018). Mujibur Rahman, Shaykh. In: Kassam, Z.R., Greenberg, Y.K., Bagli, J. (eds) Islam, Judaism, and Zoroastrianism. Encyclopedia of Indian Religions. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-1267-3_2027
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