Primary Sources · Official Documents and Legal Texts
Abu Taher’s Last Testament: Bangladesh
Secondary
Relevant for understanding 7 November 1975, Colonel Taher’s trial, and the post-BAKSAL military-political reordering.
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Discover Bengal · Unfolded
❦1975 Resources
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BAKSAL: Formation and Collapse
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Est. 1947 · Bengal✺A Bilingual Archive
Primary Sources
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Official Documents and Legal Texts
Primary Sources · Official Documents and Legal Texts
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (1920–75)
— Hasan Rashid / South Asia Institute paper
Secondary
Biographical-academic reading on Sheikh Mujib’s political life, the one-party system, and the 1975 assassination context.
Primary Sources · Official Documents and Legal Texts
Bangladesh: Era of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
Secondary
Important insider-political account of the 1972–1975 Mujib years, covering administration, constitution, emergency rule, BAKSAL, and political crisis.
Primary Sources · Official Documents and Legal Texts
Bangladesh: Quest for Freedom and Justice
Secondary
Kamal Hossain's memoir traces liberation, constitution-making, democracy, and the justice question.
Primary Sources · Official Documents and Legal Texts
Karnaphulir Kanna / Teardrops of Karnaphuli
Secondary
A documentary on the plight of indigenous people in the Chittagong Hill Tracts and the politics of displacement.
Primary Sources · Official Documents and Legal Texts
Lifting the Long Silence on Baksal
Editorial
Editorial discussion from Dhaka Tribune on Baksal and how it appears in contemporary Bangladeshi public debate. Use with care for factual claims.
Primary Sources · Official Documents and Legal Texts
The Blood Telegram
Secondary
Detailed political history of U.S. policy, diplomatic cables, and the genocide context of 1971.
Primary Sources · Official Documents and Legal Texts
The Constitution (Fourth Amendment) Act, 1975
— Government of Bangladesh / Bangladesh Parliament
Primary
Primary constitutional text for 25 January 1975. Use it to trace presidential rule, centralized power, and the constitutional basis of BAKSAL.
Primary Sources · Official Documents and Legal Texts
The Constitution of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh
— Legislative and Parliamentary Affairs Division, Ministry of Law
Primary
Official legal text of the Bangladesh Constitution. Useful for tracing constitutional changes after the 1975 amendments.
Primary Sources · Official Documents and Legal Texts
Is the Bangladesh Paradox Sustainable? — Institutional Diagnostic
Secondary
Modern academic context for the 1975 constitutional amendment, one-party system, and institutional development.
Academic / Research
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Scholarly Articles and Papers
Research Articles and Papers · Scholarly Articles and Papers
A History of Bangladesh
Secondary
A synthetic history of Bangladesh from the long view through colonial encounters, East Pakistan, war, and independence.
Research Articles and Papers · Scholarly Articles and Papers
Bangladesh under Mujib, Zia, and Ershad
Secondary
A wider political history that includes the Ershad era and the democratic crisis leading to 1990.
Research Articles and Papers · Scholarly Articles and Papers
Bangladesh: From Mujib to Ershad
Secondary
A political study covering the road to the end of the Ershad regime and the transition out of military-backed rule.
Research Articles and Papers · Scholarly Articles and Papers
Fifty Years of Bangladesh
Secondary
A multidisciplinary volume on the first five decades of Bangladesh's economy, politics, society, and culture.
Reference
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Encyclopedia and Archive Reference
Reference Sources · Encyclopedia and Archive Reference
Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League / BAKSAL
Secondary
Concise encyclopedic reference for BAKSAL as the legally recognized single party. Useful for a quick factual overview.
Reference Sources · Encyclopedia and Archive Reference
Military Rule
Secondary
A concise reference overview of military rule, the anti-Ershad movement, and the 1990 transfer of power.
Reference Sources · Encyclopedia and Archive Reference
Sheik Mujib Gets Total Authority Over Bangladesh
Archive
Contemporary international reporting on the Fourth Amendment. Useful for cross-checking how the 1975 shift was described externally.
Reference Sources · Encyclopedia and Archive Reference
Sheik Mujib’s Single Party Is Banned by Bangladesh
Archive
Contemporary international reporting on the ban after 15 August 1975. Useful for understanding the fall of BAKSAL.
Cultural and Literary Resources
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Literature and Cultural Texts
Cultural and Literary Resources · Literature and Cultural Texts
BAKSAL: A Significant Chapter of Bangladesh’s History
Editorial
Official party perspective that presents BAKSAL as national unity, administrative decentralization, and the second revolution. Read it alongside critical accounts.