Bangladesh: From Mujib to Ershad
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A political study covering the road to the end of the Ershad regime and the transition out of military-backed rule.
Historical Memory Journey
BAKSAL: Formation and Collapse
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Read · Historical Literature
A political study covering the road to the end of the Ershad regime and the transition out of military-backed rule.
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Official party perspective that presents BAKSAL as national unity, administrative decentralization, and the second revolution. Read it alongside critical accounts.
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Editorial discussion from Dhaka Tribune on Baksal and how it appears in contemporary Bangladeshi public debate. Use with care for factual claims.
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A multidisciplinary volume on the first five decades of Bangladesh's economy, politics, society, and culture.
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Kamal Hossain's memoir traces liberation, constitution-making, democracy, and the justice question.
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A synthetic history of Bangladesh from the long view through colonial encounters, East Pakistan, war, and independence.
Government of Bangladesh / Bangladesh Parliament
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Primary constitutional text for 25 January 1975. Use it to trace presidential rule, centralized power, and the constitutional basis of BAKSAL.
Legislative and Parliamentary Affairs Division, Ministry of Law
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Official legal text of the Bangladesh Constitution. Useful for tracing constitutional changes after the 1975 amendments.
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Contemporary international reporting on the Fourth Amendment. Useful for cross-checking how the 1975 shift was described externally.
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Contemporary international reporting on the ban after 15 August 1975. Useful for understanding the fall of BAKSAL.
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A concise reference overview of military rule, the anti-Ershad movement, and the 1990 transfer of power.
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A wider political history that includes the Ershad era and the democratic crisis leading to 1990.
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Concise encyclopedic reference for BAKSAL as the legally recognized single party. Useful for a quick factual overview.
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Important insider-political account of the 1972–1975 Mujib years, covering administration, constitution, emergency rule, BAKSAL, and political crisis.
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Modern academic context for the 1975 constitutional amendment, one-party system, and institutional development.
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Detailed political history of U.S. policy, diplomatic cables, and the genocide context of 1971.
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Relevant for understanding 7 November 1975, Colonel Taher’s trial, and the post-BAKSAL military-political reordering.
Hasan Rashid / South Asia Institute paper
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Biographical-academic reading on Sheikh Mujib’s political life, the one-party system, and the 1975 assassination context.