Ziaur Rahman, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Ziaur Rahman

President of Bangladesh

Date of Birth: 19-Jan-1936

Place of Birth: Bogra District, Rajshahi Division, Bangladesh

Date of Death: 30-May-1981

Profession: military personnel, politician

Nationality: Pakistan, Bangladesh

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Ziaur Rahman

  • Ziaur Rahman (Bengali: ??????? ????? Ji-yaur Rôhman; 19 January 1936 – 30 May 1981), Hilal e Jurat, Bir Uttom was the President of Bangladesh.
  • He was an army officer turned statesmen who, as a serving Major, announced Declaration of the Independence of Bangladesh on behalf of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on 27 March 1971.
  • He became President of Bangladesh on 21 April 1977.
  • He was assassinated on 30 May 1981 in Chittagong in an army coup d'état.Rahman was a Bangladesh Forces Commander of BDF Sector BDF Sector 1 initially, and from June as BDF commander of BDF Sector 11 of the Bangladesh Forces and the Brigade Commander of Z Force from mid-July during the country's Independence war from Pakistan in 1971.
  • He originally broadcast the Bangladesh declaration of independence on 27 March from Kalurghat radio station in Chittagong.
  • After the war of Independence, Rahman became a brigade commander in Bangladesh Army, later the deputy chief of staff and Chief of staff of Bangladesh Army.
  • His ascent to leadership of the country resulted from a conspiracy that had begun with the killing of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding president of Bangladesh, in a military coup d'état followed by a coups and counter-revolt within the military to gain control at the helm. Ziaur Rahman gained de facto power as head of the government already under martial law imposed by the Mushtaq government.
  • He took over the presidency in 1977. As President in 1978, Rahman founded the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (popularly known by its abbreviation BNP).
  • He reinstated multi-party politics, freedom of the press, free speech and free markets and accountability.
  • Rahman inspired the nation to work hard and love the land.
  • He initiated mass irrigation and food production programmes, including social programmes to uplift the lives of the people.
  • He initiated and founded the first Asian regional group known as SAARC.
  • Through his hard work and dedication the current Parliament House and Dhaka's international airport (now HSIA) was materialized.
  • Rahman became a popular world leader for his efforts to stabilize Bangladesh and championing issues affecting decolonised nations.
  • He improved Bangladesh's relations with the West and China, and departed from Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's close alignment with India and the Soviet Union.
  • Domestically, Rahman faced as many as twenty-one coup attempts for which trails were setup and many soldiers and officers of the Bangladesh Armed Forces were executed which were mostly claimed to be biased and false trails.
  • He was criticised for passing the Indemnity Act and removing the ban on religion-based political parties. Rahman was awarded two gallantry awards for two wars fought in South Asia.
  • Hilal-i-Jurat for the Indo-Pak War in 1965, and Bir Uttom in 1972 for the Bangladesh Independence war 1971 for his wartime valor.
  • According to the 1986 book Bangladesh: A Legacy of Blood written by Anthony Mascarenhas, Rahman retired from the Bangladesh Army as a Lt.
  • General (promoted by himself) in 1978 with effect from 28 April.The political party he formed in 1978, the BNP, became one of the two dominant political parties of Bangladesh.
  • His wife Khaleda Zia, a former prime minister, is the current chairperson of the BNP.

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