A Brief Biography of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
Bangabandhu is known as the father of our nation. His full name is Shiekh Mujibur Rahman. However, after the independence of our country in 1971, Shiekh Mujibur Rahman was awarded ‘Bangabandhu’ which means friend of Bengal (Bangla). He dedicated his entire life to an independent, sovereign country named Bangladesh.
In 1920, Bangabandhu was born in the village of Tungipara under the Gopalganj subdivision (now district) in Faridpur district on 17 March 1920.
His father Sheikh Lutfar Rahman and his mother Sheikh Sayera Kahtun had four daughters and two sons. Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was their third child. His parents call him ‘Khoka’.
At the age of seven in 1927, Sheikh Mujib began his schooling at Gimadanga Primary School. Then at the age of nine, he was admitted to Gopalganj Public School. Sheikh Mujibur Rahman had an affinity toward sports and a special love for football. He was a talented football player and received many rewards for his outstanding performances.
In 1932/1933, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman married Sheikh Fazilatunnesa (Renu). Together they had two daughters, Sheikh Hasina and Sheikh Rehana, and three sons, Sheikh Kamal, Sheikh Jamal and Sheikh Russel.
In 1943, Bangabandhu became elected councillor from the All India Muslim League in Bengal. He served in this position till the partition of India in 1947. In 1947, Bangabandhu joined Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy’s move for a United Independent Bengal as a third free state along with India and Pakistan.
In 1948, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was admitted to the Department of Law at the University of Dhaka. He founds the East Pakistan Muslim Students’ League, the first opposition student organization in Pakistan, on January 4.
In 1952, On January 26, then Prime Minister of Pakistan Khawaja Nazimuddin declared at a public meeting in the PaltanMaidan that Urdu would be the only state language of Pakistan. For that, the language movement on21 February 1952 happened to make Bangla a state language. Many students have died in that movement. Some of them are Abdus Salam, AbulBarkat, Rafiq Uddin Ahmed, Abdul Jabbar and Shafiur Rahman.
In 1966, Bangabandhu declared a 6-point demand. Six-point programme a charter of demands enunciated by the AWAMI for removing disparity between the two wings of Pakistan and to put an end to the internal colonial rule of West Pakistan in East Bengal.
In 1970, Awami League won the general election of 1970. But They can’t get any opportunities after winning the election. At that time, the president of West Pakistan Yahiya didn’t give them any opportunities after winning the vote.
And in 1971, many things occurred, the war took nine months to end. The war started in March and ended in December. Bangabandhu gave a historic speech on 7 March 1971. And on 25 March, the Pakistani Invading force made a plan to kill many people at midnight. This was called the ‘Midnight Massacre’. And its code name was ‘Operation Searchlight’. Then on 26 March, Bangabandhu declared independence and then the war began. And again Pakistani invading forces make a plan to kill many geniuses and intel on his emergent people on 10-14 December. Name of Some martyred geniuses Mohammad Fazle Rabbe and Guhatakurta. Then finally, Bangladesh (Bengal) achieved victory on 16 December 1971.
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