Assassination of Ziaur Rahman
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title:
Assassination of Ziaur Rahman
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Ziaur Rahman, the sixth president of Bangladesh, was assassinated by a faction of officers of Bangladesh Army, on 30 May 1981, in the southeastern port city of Chittagong. Rahman went to Chittagong to arbitrate in a clash between the local leaders of his political party, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party. On the night of 30 May, a group of officers commandeered the Chittagong Circuit House, a government residence where Rahman was staying, shooting him and several others.
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1981 murder in Chittagong, Bangladesh
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Ziaur_Rahman
date created:
2006-07-21T00:52:32Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T16:28:49Z
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