Assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

Assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
Assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
	A memorial portrait at the assassination site
Location	Dhaka, Bangladesh
Date	15 August 1975 ; 4.30am–6:10 am.
Target	Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and his family
Attack type	Military coup
Weapons	28 'unarmored' T-54 tanks, mortars, 105 mm howitzer, machine guns, rifles, revolvers and grenades
Deaths	35 person; Shot dead in Sheikh Mujib's house : Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Sheikh Abu Naser, Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib, Sheikh Kamal, Sultana Kamal Khuki, Sheikh Jamal, Parveen Jamal Rosy, Sheikh Russel; Others : Siddiqur Rahman (Police Officer), Samsul Haque (Police Officer), Col. Jamil Uddin Ahmed (Newly appointed D.G.F.I. Chief.) Sheikh Moni's house (severely injured in firing and declared dead in hospital ) : Sheikh Fazlul Haque Moni, Begum Arju Moni (Begum Samsunnesa); House of Serniabat (shot dead) : Abdur Rab Serniabat, Arif Serniabat, Baby Serniabat, Shaheed Serniabat, Sukanto Abdullah Babu, Naeem Khan Rintu, Potka (Domestic worker), Lakshmi's Mother (Domestic worker); House No. 8 and 9 of Sher Shah Suri Road and House No. 196 and 197 of Shahjahan Road in Mohammadpur (died by fire caused by the misfired mortar shells) : Rezia Begum, Nasima, Habibur Rahman, Anwara Begum, Anwara Begum (2), Moyful Bibi, Sabera Begum, Abdullah, Rafiqul, Safia Khatun, Shahabuddin, Kasheda, Aminuddin, Hanufa Bibi;
Injured	8 person; Sheikh Mujib's house (injured in firing) : AFM Mohitul Islam (P.A./Receptionist), Nurul Islam (D.S.P), Md. Salim (Domestic worker); House of Serniabat (injured in firing) : Sheikh Amena Begum, Sahan Ara Abdullah, Beauty Serniabat, Abul Khair Abdullah, Hena Serniabat;
Perpetrators	12 Army officers: Syed Faruque Rahman, Khandaker Abdur Rashid, S.H.M.B Noor Chowdhury, Moslemuddin, Mohammad Bazlul Huda, Rashed Chowdhury, Abdul Aziz Pasha, Sultan Shahriar Rashid Khan, Mohiuddin Ahmed, A.K.M. Mohiuddin Ahmed, Shariful Haque Dalim and Abdul Majed; accompanied by 2 Unit of common soldiers
Convictions	Murder;
Sentence	12 Army Officers: Death by hanging; Other conspirators: Life imprisonment

The first president of Bangladesh, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, and most of his family were killed during the early hours of 15 August 1975 by a group of Bangladesh Army personnel who invaded his Dhanmondi 32 residence as part of a coup d'état. Minister of Commerce, Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad, immediately took control of the government and proclaimed himself president. The assassination marked the first direct military intervention in Bangladesh's civilian administration-centric politics. 15 August is National Mourning Day, an official national holiday in Bangladesh.23.7517°N 90.3767°E / 23.7517; 90.3767

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