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Bangladesh Leader Is Shot and Killed in a Coup Attempt

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The New York Times

Contemporary international press report on Ziaur Rahman’s assassination and immediate coup context.

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1981

Assassination of Ziaur Rahman

President Ziaur Rahman was killed in Chittagong on 30 May 1981 during a military revolt. The immediate aftermath included a contested search for responsibility, the death of Major General M. A. Manzur, and a civilian succession under Abdus Sattar before Ershad’s 1982 coup.