Ziaur Rahman: Quick Facts

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Facts

Born	January 19, 1936 • India
Died	August 30, 1981 (aged 45) • Chittagong • India
Title / Office	president (1977-1981), Bangladesh
Founder	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
Political Affiliation	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
Notable Family Members	spouse Khaleda Zia • son Tarique Rahman

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Ziaur Rahman, seated at a table with microphones during a press conference, wearing a suit and tie.

President Ziaur Rahman of Bangladesh stands in a group with President Sanjiva Reddy, Mrs. Reddy, and Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in New Delhi in 1980.

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Tarique Rahman

Tarique Rahman

prime minister of Bangladesh

Former Prime Minister of Bangladesh Khaleda Zia, wearing an orange headscarf and pearl necklace, speaks into microphones at a press conference in Dhaka.

Khaleda Zia

prime minister of Bangladesh

Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister of Bangladesh, wearing a cream and magenta sari with gold trim, stands in front of a United Nations flag.

Sheikh Hasina Wazed

prime minister of Bangladesh

Mujibur Rahman

Mujibur Rahman

president of Bangladesh

Bangladeshi economist Muhammad Yunus smiling and wearing a traditional vest, photographed indoors in 2006.

Muhammad Yunus

Bangladeshi economist

Portrait of Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore with long wavy hair and a full beard, wearing a simple robe and looking directly at the camera.

Rabindranath Tagore

Bengali poet

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Iajuddin Ahmed

president of Bangladesh

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Shamsur Rahman

Bengali poet, journalist, and human rights advocate

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Nand Kumar

Bengali official

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Ḥusayn Shah ʿAlāʾ al-Dīn

Bengali sultan