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Bangladesh: A Country Study

Library of Congress, Federal Research Division

Type: GOVERNMENT_DOCUMENT
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Published: 1 Jan 1989
Accessed: 16 Aug 2026
Verification: Reviewed

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Country study identifying Sheikh Mujibur Rahman as Bangladesh's founding leader and describing the post-1975 political transition after his assassination.

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Founding leader of Bangladesh
Post-independence national leadership
1975 political transition

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Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

Founding leader of Bangladesh · Bangladesh · 1947-1975

A central figure in the language movement, the autonomy movement, the 1971 Liberation War, and the formation of Bangladesh; after independence he led a war-damaged state through parliamentary government before the 1975 shift to presidential and one-party rule.

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