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Ziaur Rahman

Personal data
Date of birth19 January 1936
Place of birthBagbari, British Empire (now Bangladesh)
Date of death30 May 1981(age 45)
Place of deathChittagong, Bangladesh
Political partyNationalist Party
SpouseKhaleda Zia
Alma materD. J. Science College
Pakistan Military Academy
Command and Staff College
ProfessionMilitary, Politician
ReligionIslam
Military service
AllegiancePakistan
Bangladesh Forces
Bangladesh
Service/branchPakistan Army
Bangladesh Army
Years of service1953 � 1978
RankLieutenant General
AwardsBir Uttom
Hilal-i-Jur'at
President of Bangladesh
In office21 April 1977 - 30 May 1981
Prime ministerMashiur Rahman (Acting)
Shah Azizur Rahman
Succeeded byAbdus Sattar
Preceded byAbu Sadat Mohammad Sayem

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President Ziaur Rahman, Bir Uttam, ( Ji-yaur Rôhman) (January 19, 1936 � May 30, 1981) was a Bangladeshi politician and general, who made the declaration of Independence of Bangladesh on March 26th, 1971 on behalf of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. He later became the seventh President of Bangladesh from 1977 until 1981. A highly decorated and accomplished military officer, he retired from the Bangladesh Army as a Lieutenant General. He was commander of sector 1, transferred to teldhala in May 1971. He organised and created Sector 11 and remained its commander. During August 1971, He was appointed Brigade Commander of the Bangladesh Forces during the Bangladesh war of independence with Pakistan. During his administraton, he first founded JAGODAL but he himself did not become a member of it. Then he founded the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), one of the two largest political parties in the country. He is popularly known as Shaheed President Zia, meaning martyred Zia, in reference to his 1981 assassination.

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Ziaur Rahman, (January 19, 1936 -- May 30, 1981) was the President of Bangladesh and the founder of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party. Popularly called Zia, he is also sometimes referred to as a Shaheed (Martyr). His widow Begum Khaleda Zia has served as Prime Minister of Bangladesh three times. An officer in the Pakistan Army, Zia's unit captured the Kalurghat radio station at the onset of the Bangladesh Liberation War and declared the independence of Bangladesh on behalf of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Recognised as a war hero, he was honoured with the Bir Uttom in 1972. A high-ranking accomplished officer in the Bangladesh Army, Zia was appointed chief of army staff following the assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in 1975. Although briefly overthrown in a counter-coup, Zia returned to power through what is called sepoy mutiny organised by Colonel Abu Taher.[1] Declaring himself president in 1977, Zia won a referendum held in 1978. Founding the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, Zia won widespread popular support for stabilising the nation and leading it in a new direction. A right-wing politician, Zia established free-market economic policies in a 19-point programme of industrialisation and development. He adopted policies bringing the government increasingly under Islam, which he included in the national constitution. Zia controversially pardoned the assassins of Sheikh Mujib by signing the Indemnity Act and rehabilitated individuals who had supported the Pakistan Army. A <b>...</b>
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6.35 min. | 3.18 user rating		 english.ntdtv.com Tensions are flaring in the country of Bangladesh today, which borders northeast India and Burma. Members of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party have gone on a nationwide strike... after their leader was evicted from her house. The Bangladesh Nationalist Party, or BNP, staged a nationwide strike on Tuesday. The strike was called after the government evicted their leader from her home. They say authorities have failed to run the government smoothly, and failed to tackle power and gas shortages. Demonstrators say police arrested at least 30 BNP leaders on Tuesday. [Abdus Salam Azad, Leader, Bangladesh Nationalist Party] "We were marching peacefully on the street to support the strike in the morning, but police stormed our procession and arrested about 30 to 40 leaders and activists, now the police have surrounded our office and seized us." The strike is the second led by the BNP since the government evicted their leader, former prime minister Begum Khaleda Zia, from the house she lived in for decades. The house was leased to her after her husband, former army chief and president Ziaur Rahman, was killed in an abortive coup in 1981. The government of her archrival, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, cancelled the lease last year. Khaleda took legal action to keep her home but lost her final battle on Monday at the Supreme Court, leading to a night of violent protests by BNP members. The BNP say police have detained thousands of their activists over the past few <b>...</b>
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1.15 min. | 4.71 user rating		 Before BNP coming to power in 1991, there had been no controversy about who is the declarer of independence of Bangladesh. Even Ziaur Rahman the founder of BNP had never claimed that he himself did the declaration rather he did it on behalf of greatest national leader Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. In 1976 in an interview with "Shaptahik Bichitra" Maj Zia told the reporter that he did broadcast the messages after many other broadcasters. It is utter ill fate of all Bangladeshi that BNP along with Jamat Islami are trying to change the history by expunging the name of Sheikh Mujib from the original speech made by Zia. But history cannot be changed as it lingers everywhere by honest person around the world. In this video you can hear the original audio plus newspaper documents where it explicitly says that Sheikh Mujib proclaimed the independence. To who are obstinate they might say as Maj zia read the message he is the declarer. But they are mixing the word "declarer" with "reader". Major Zia was a simple reader as MA Hannan who was the first reader of Sheikh Mujibs message of independence.
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1.18 min. | 5.0 user rating		 Embrasure Films, Inc., New York has been producing feature films, documentaries and TV shows all around the world. The company is also providing consulting services for broadcasting, production and post-production facilities. Embrasure Films has produced television programs for New Delhi Television (New Delhi, India) for the news program "World This Week". This program was also broadcasted in Bangladesh. Embrasure Films has produced "Ovibashee". Bangladesh Television started broadcasting this program in their fortnightly magazine program "Ovibashee" (Immigrant) from August o3, 2003. It has been made on the life style of overseas Bangladeshi origin people who are living in America and Europe. "Ovibashee" is an exceptional program which includes the working life, cultural practice, nostalgia and problems of Bangladeshi origin people facing abroad. From March 1993 to 1996, Embrasure Films provided Amitabh Bachchan Corporation in Bombay, India with technical support. In 1996, Embrasure Films produced in Bangladesh Beder Meye (the daughter of a Bedey), a ballet dance drama. In 2002, Embrasure Films provided production and post-production services and facilities to APNA America, a TV program for Star Plus Channel in India. In this episode of Ovibashee you will see: 1. Late President Ziaur Rahman. 2. Tour of New York City. 3. Rickshaws in New York. 4. How Bangladeshi Americans' celebrate The Language Day in New York. 5. Heroic services of Bangladeshi Armed Forces in United <b>...</b>
6.55 min. | 4.5 user rating		 NTV features the life and works of liberation war hero and post-liberation leader President Ziaur Rahman on his 30th death anniversary. Stay tuned to BangladeshFirst.com in everywhere, Facebook: facebook.com Twitter: twitter.com YouTube: youtube.com Flickr: flickr.com
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Widow tormented for seeking justice - Bangladesh News 24 hours Tweet this news
Bangladesh News 24 hours--Chilmari Police Station sub-inspector -Ziaur Rahman- on Thursday told reporters that they rescued her after her daughter 'Selina', 25, and daughter-in-law 'Aleya', 27, informed the police. "She was ta - Date : Thu, 16 Jun 2011 19:40:10 GMT+00:00
Probe team: Molla hand in genocide - Bangladesh News 24 hours Tweet this news
Bangladesh News 24 hours---...- executive council member Delwar Hossain Sayedee and assistant secretary-general Muhammad Kamaruzzaman, BNP's standing committee member Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury and Abdul Alim, a minister of -Ziaur Rahman- 's ca - Date : Wed, 15 Jun 2011 18:46:20 GMT+00:00
Charter reprint in phases: minister - Bangladesh News 24 hours Tweet this news
Bangladesh News 24 hours--Alim, a former BNP minister in -Ziaur Rahman's- cabinet, was arrested on Mar 27. The tribunal ordered his arrest following a Mar 23 appeal from the investigation panel, which alleged that Alim was the chairman of Joypurhat S - Date : Sun, 12 Jun 2011 13:21:02 GMT+00:00
25 injured in poll related violence in Jhenidah - Financial Express Bangladesh Tweet this news
Financial Express Bangladesh--According to sources the trouble erupted when the activists of opposition BNP baked UP chairman aspirant Abul Kalam Azad came under attack by the activists of ruling AL backed UP chairman candidate -Ziaur Rahman- at Chakargua - Date : Sun, 12 Jun 2011 18:09:04 GMT+00:00
150th Birth Anniversary of Tagore - The Daily Star Tweet this news
The Daily Star--Clockwise From top left: Photo Courtesy: British Council (Rediscovering Tagore)Kabir Chowdhury(Photo: MA Taher);Mita Haque;Sahana Bajpaie;-Ziaur Rahman-;Swani Zubayeer;Naquib Khan. As Bangladesh and India jointly celebrate 150th birth anni - Date : Sat, 07 May 2011 18:04:50 GMT+00:00
CMLA acted like Razakar: PM - Bangladesh News 24 hours Tweet this news
Bangladesh News 24 hours--Maj -Ziaur Rahman-, one of the sector commanders of the Liberation War, ruled Bangladesh as the chief martial law administrator from Nov 19, 1976 to Apr 21, '77, as an unelected president from that date until '79. Awami - Date : Sun, 17 Apr 2011 12:55:54 GMT+00:00
BNP protests Amu's comment on Zia - Bangladesh News 24 hours Tweet this news
Bangladesh News 24 hours--Dhaka, Apr 15 (bdnews24.com) - BNP has protested the statement of a senior leader of ruling Awami League that its founder -Ziaur Rahman- had not fought on the battlefield during the country's in 1971 Liberation War. &quo - Date : Fri, 15 Apr 2011 17:00:20 GMT+00:00
Case against Inu quashed - Bangladesh News 24 hours Tweet this news
Bangladesh News 24 hours--Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court on Sunday dismissed the case filed against Inu earlier in the day for calling former president -Ziaur Rahman- 'the fourth Mir Jafar'. The case was quashed as it did not h - Date : Sun, 17 Apr 2011 13:28:20 GMT+00:00
Restoring democracy is a challenge: Fakhrul - Financial Express Bangladesh Tweet this news
Financial Express Bangladesh--BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and other leaders placing wreath at the grave of former president -Ziaur Rahman- at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar in the city Sunday. �Banglarchokh Photo BNP acting Secretary Gen - Date : Sun, 10 Apr 2011 18:34:28 GMT+00:00
WAR CRIMES TRIAL Nizami, Mojaheed to be quizzed - Bangladesh News 24 hours Tweet this news
Bangladesh News 24 hours--Among the two BNP leaders, Abdul Alim, a minister during the rule of -Ziaur Rahman-, is presently out of jail on bail. WARNING: Any unauthorised use or reproduction of bdnews24.com content for commercial purposes is strictly proh - Date : Tue, 05 Apr 2011 07:21:26 GMT+00:00

Political offices
Preceded by
Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayem		President of Bangladesh
1977 - 1981		Succeeded by
Abdus Sattar

BD Military of Bangladesh

Wars & ConflictsBangladesh Forces 1971 * India �Bangladesh border conflicts * Chittagong Hill Tracts insurgency
War LeadersM.A.G. Osmani * Ziaur Rahman * M. Hamidullah Khan * Khaled Mosharraf * Shafat Jamil * Abu Osman Chowdhury * M A Jalil * M Khademul Bashar * Abul Manzur * K M Shafiullah

Presidents of Bangladesh

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman * Syed Nazrul Islam � * Abu Sayeed Chowdhury * Mohammad Ullah * Sheikh Mujibur Rahman * Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad * Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayem * Ziaur Rahman * Abdus Sattar * Hussain Muhammad Ershad * A. F. M. Ahsanuddin Chowdhury * Hussain Muhammad Ershad * Shahabuddin AhmedI * Abdur Rahman Biswas * Shahabuddin Ahmed * A. Q. M. Badruddoza Chowdhury * Jamiruddin SircarI * Iajuddin Ahmed * Zillur Rahman



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