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| 1975, Aug. 15 | |
| Young army officers, dissatisfied with political developments, assassinated Mujib and staged a military coup; they brought to power Khandakar Mushtaq Ahmed, the former minister of commerce. | 1 |
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| An expected countercoup briefly installed Khalid Musharaf, a pro-Mujib figure. When he and many of his supporters were killed, Mushtaq Ahmed resigned as president in favor of the chief justice of the Supreme Court, Abu Sadat Hohammad Sayem. Real power was assumed by Maj. Gen. Ziaur Rahman (Gen. Zia), one of the most famous of the Liberation War heroes and the army chief of staff. The general election was postponed indefinitely, and Mushtaq Ahmed and Zia's other possible electoral opponents were arrested. | 2 |
| The Encyclopedia of World History, Sixth edition. Peter N. Stearns, general editor. Copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Maps by Mary Reilly, copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. | |
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