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