Dhanmondi 32

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Site of the 15 August 1975 assassination

Dhanmondi 32 is used as a place timeline node for the 15 August 1975 assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and family members.

Est. 1947 · Bengal✺A Bilingual Archive

Events in This Place

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1 event

1975

15 August Assassination of Sheikh Mujib

The killings at Dhanmondi 32 abruptly ended Bangladesh's founding leadership phase.

On 15 August 1975, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and most of his family were killed in a military-backed coup in Dhaka. The event marked a foundational rupture in post-independence politics and opened a prolonged period of military and quasi-military dominance.