Bangladeshi President <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdus_Sattar_(president)" id="mwAXk" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Abdus Sattar (president)">Abdus Sattar</a> is deposed in a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1982_Bangladeshi_coup_d'état" id="mwAXo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1982 Bangladeshi coup d'état">bloodless coup</a> led by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_of_Army_Staff_(Bangladesh)" id="mwAXs" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Chief of Army Staff (Bangladesh)">Army Chief</a> Lieutenant general <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hussain_Muhammad_Ershad" id="mwAXw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Hussain Muhammad Ershad">Hussain Muhammad Ershad</a>, who suspends the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_Bangladesh" id="mwAX0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Constitution of Bangladesh">Constitution</a> and imposes <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martial_law" id="mwAX4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Martial law">martial law</a>.<sup about="#mwt330" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-65"}}' id="cite_ref-65" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./March_24#cite_note-65" id="mwAX8" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 65;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAYA">[65]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-65"><cite about="#mwt327" class="citation news cs1" id="CITEREFBose1982">Bose, Ajoy (1982-03-25). <a class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2010/jun/23/archive-martial-law-coup-bangladesh" id="mwDIY" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"Martial law after coup in Bangladesh"</a>. <i id="mwDIc">The Guardian</i><span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwDIg">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwDIk">2022-12-24</span></span>.</cite><span about="#mwt327" class="Z3988" id="mwDIo" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=The+Guardian&amp;rft.atitle=Martial+law+after+coup+in+Bangladesh&amp;rft.date=1982-03-25&amp;rft.aulast=Bose&amp;rft.aufirst=Ajoy&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Ftheguardian%2F2010%2Fjun%2F23%2Farchive-martial-law-coup-bangladesh&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMarch+24"></span></span>