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State power and democratic transition
1975
Major
Post-Liberation State and Democracy
In 1975, Bangladesh entered a decisive turning point: the transition toward BAKSAL, escalating political centralization, the assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on 15 August, and the jail killings of 3 November. These events reshaped the state, party politics, and military-civil relations for decades.
3 November 1975
High
Post-Liberation State and Democracy
During the post-August 1975 crisis, four national leaders of Bangladesh were assassinated inside Dhaka Central Jail, deepening institutional breakdown and political fear.
1975
High
Post-Liberation State and Democracy
On 7 November 1975, amid coups and counter-coups after the August and jail killings, sections of soldiers and political activists mobilized in Dhaka. The upheaval helped bring Ziaur Rahman to the center of state power, while its meaning remains sharply contested in Bangladesh's political memory.
1976
High
Post-Liberation State and Democracy
On 16 May 1976, Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani led a mass long march from Rajshahi toward the Farakka frontier to protest upstream diversion of Ganges water and to demand Bangladesh's fair river-water rights. The march linked ecological anxiety in the Padma basin with post-independence mass politics.
1976-1997
High
Post-Liberation State and Democracy
From early 1976 onward, armed conflict in the Chittagong Hill Tracts intensified between state forces and the PCJSS's armed wing, Shanti Bahini, around autonomy, land, and political recognition demands. The conflict caused long-term insecurity and displacement before a formal peace accord was signed on 2 December 1997.
1981
High
Post-Liberation State and Democracy
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.