Assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
| Assassination of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman | |
|---|---|
Mausoleum of Bangabandhu, Tungipara | |
| Location | Dhanmondi 32, Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| Date | 15 August 1975 04:30 – 06:10 (BST) |
| Target | Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and his family |
Attack type | Military coup/Assassination, murder by shooting |
| Weapons | 28 'unarmored' T-54 tanks, mortars, 105 mm howitzer, machine guns, rifles, revolvers and grenades |
| Deaths | 47+ (including Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, his family, guards, police, military personnel and several common people) |
| Injured | 48+ (including Mujib's Personal assistant and a domestic worker) |
| Perpetrators | 24 (including Taheruddin Thakur and Sayed Farooq-ur-Rahman) |
| Assailants | est. A dozen of junior officer of the army and soldiers from single unit of artillery and lancer |
| Accused | Mostaq, Mahbub and several others (granted immunity) Taheruddin, Wahab Joardar, Hashem, Nazmul and Sharful (acquitted on appeal) |
| Charges | Conspiracy, murder, concealing evidence |
| Sentence | Farooq, Rashid, Noor, Huda, Rashed, Pasha, Shahriar, Mohiuddin, A. K. M. Mohiuddin, Dalim, Majed and Moslemuddin: Death by hanging |
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the first president of Bangladesh, was assassinated along with most of his family members during the early hours of 15 August 1975 by a group of Bangladesh Army personnel who invaded his residence as part of a coup d'état. The Minister of Commerce, Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad, immediately took control and proclaimed himself head of an interim government from 15 August to 6 November 1975; he was in turn succeeded by Chief Justice Abu Sayem. The assassination marked the first direct military intervention in Bangladesh's civilian administration. 15 August was annually observed as National Mourning Day under the Sheikh Hasina government.