 Assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

The first president of Bangladesh Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (also known as Sheikh Mujib or just Mujib or Bangabandhu) and almost his entire family were killed during the early hours of 15 August 1975, when a group of young Bangladesh Army personnel went into his residence and assassinated Sheikh Mujib as part of a coup d'état.In the 1970 Pakistani general election, Sheikh Mujib's party, the Awami League (previously known as the Awami Muslim League), won the majority of the seats in the Pakistani National Assembly.