In 2007, With funding from the "Sheikh Mujib Research Center London", writer and journalist Abdul Gaffar Chowdhury made a television film "Palashi Theke Dhanmondi" based on his autobiographical political novel of the same name, starring Pijush Bandyopadhyay as Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

Jan 7, 2025 · Mujibur Rahman, Bengali leader who became the president (1971–72; 1975) and prime minister (1972–75) of Bangladesh. As a cofounder of the Awami League, he demanded independence for East Pakistan when the league secured a majority of the seats in Pakistan’s National Assembly in 1970.

"Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's tenure was the first and longest democratic tenure in the first ten years of independent Bangladesh. After the assassination of Sheikh Mujib, the hero of the freedom struggle and the first elected Prime Minister, on August 15, 1975, the democratic rule came to an abrupt end." [105]

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (Bengali: শেখ মুজিবুর রহমান; 17 March 1920 – 15 August 1975) was the founder of Bangladesh. He was the first president of Bangladesh. He was also the second prime minister until his assassination.

4 days ago · A mob vandalising Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s historic residence in Dhanmondi, Dhaka, Bangladesh, on February 5, 2025, before setting it on fire [Monirul Alam/EPA]

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (Bengali language: শেখ মুজিবর রহমান Shekh Mujibur Rôhman) (March 17, 1920 – August 15, 1975) was a Bengali political leader in East Pakistan and the founding leader of Bangladesh. He headed the Awami League, served as the first Prime Minister of Bangladesh and later as President.

4 days ago · A man hammers the debris around the vandalized residence of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bangladesh’s former leader and the father of the country’s ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, in Dhaka in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Thursday, Feb. 6, …

Adored and loved as Bangabandhu ("Bengal's Friend"), Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was a charismatic, crowd-inspiring leader. The birth of Bangladesh was bloody; it passed through a nine-month gestation of massacre unleashed by the Pakistanis, and the intervention of the Indian army helped deliver it.

Sheik Mujibur Rahman (1920-1975) was a charismatic leader who organized dissent and rebellion against the British in India, led the Bengalis of East Pakistan in their resistance to the unjust actions of the post-colonial Pakistani government, and finally helped found the independent nation of Bangladesh in 1972.

Aug 15, 2023 · Following independence, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman became the Prime Minister of Bangladesh and worked tirelessly to rebuild the war-torn nation. His policies focused on social justice, economic development, and the empowerment of the marginalized.