Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, beng. শেখ মুজিবুর রহমান – polityk reprezentujący separatystyczne dążenia mieszkańców Bengalu Wschodniego , które ostatecznie doprowadziły w 1971 r. do secesji prowincji i wyłonienia się niepodległego Bangladeszu.
Mujibur Rahman pełnił dwukrotnie funkcję prezydenta Bangladeszu. Po raz pierwszy w okresie 11 kwietnia 1971 – 12 stycznia 1972 .
Po raz drugi po wprowadzeniu stanu wyjątkowego już w niepodległym państwie bengalskim . Pełnił również funkcję premiera Ludowej Republiki Bangladeszu w okresie 12 stycznia 1972 – 25 stycznia 1975. Zginął w wyniku zamachu dokonanego przez wojskowych 15 sierpnia 1975 roku. Ojciec dwukrotnej premier Bangladeszu, Sheikh Hasiny Wajed.
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„Bangladesz jest dla mnie droższy od życia.”
wypowiedziane podczas wiecu na wiecu na placu Suhrawardy w Dhace (11 stycznia 1972).
Źródło: B. Wizimirska, Drogi kariery. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto i jego partnerzy: Indira Gandhi i Mujibur Rahman, Krajowa Agencja Wydawnicza, Warszawa 1983, s. 165.
podczas ceremonii pożegnania stacjonujących w Bangladeszu wojsk indyjskich (12 marca 1972).
Źródło: B. Wizimirska, Drogi kariery. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto i jego partnerzy: Indira Gandhi i Mujibur Rahman, Krajowa Agencja Wydawnicza, Warszawa 1983, s. 168.
Źródło: B. Wizimirska, Drogi kariery. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto i jego partnerzy: Indira Gandhi i Mujibur Rahman, Krajowa Agencja Wydawnicza, Warszawa 1983, s. 166.
“My greatest strength is the love for my people, my greatest weakness is that I love them too much.”
Interview with Sir David Frost on the BBC, 1972.
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Speaking about the break up of Pakistan with Nigerian leader Yakubu Gowon. http://www.thedailystar.net/magazine/2009/08/02/tribute.htm
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Kontekst: We gave blood in 1952, we won a mandate in 1954. But we were not allowed to take up the reins of this country. In 1958, Ayub Khan clamped Martial Law on our people and enslaved us for the next 10 years. In 1966, our people fought for the Six points but the lives of our our young men and women were stilled by government bullets.
“Yes, but there is a difference. You see, I am a very poor sheikh.”
While being cheered with UAE ruler Sheikh Zayed Al Nahiyan as both men had the name Sheikh. http://www.thedailystar.net/magazine/2009/08/02/tribute.htm
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“As we have already shed blood, we are ready to shed more blood!”
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Speaking to the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan in Karachi in 1955 during a debate on whether to adopt the One Unit scheme in Pakistan and divide the country into two provinces- East and West Pakistan. http://www.albd.org/autoalbd/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=111&Itemid=44
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“Anyone who wishes to stay in Bangladesh will have to talk to Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.”
Shouting out aloud during proceedings of the Agartala conspiracy trial. It was in response to a journalist, to whom he was whispering, who told him that it was inappropriate to talk under the watch of undercover officers. http://www.thedailystar.net/magazine/2008/08/04/chintito.htm
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The Declaration of Independence on the night of 26th March, 1971. The declaration was made minutes before his arrest by the Pakistan Army. http://www.albd.org/autoalbd/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=111&Itemid=44 http://www.thedailystar.net/story.php?nid=93650 http://web.archive.org/web/20110719125113/http://www.albd.org/autoalbd/images/stories/compile/2006/dia/dia_letter.jpg
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Addressing a rally before the 1970 general elections in Pakistan. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,878408,00.html
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“As we have already learned how to sacrifice our own lives, now no one can stop us!”
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“I am happy with my Bangladesh.”
Replying to a question on whether he contemplated the Indian state of West Bengal joining his country and creating a "Greater Bangladesh". He was speaking to reporters at a press conference in London in January, 1972 after his release from prision in Pakistan. http://www.thedailystar.net/magazine/2009/08/02/tribute.htm
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“You know, they can't keep me here for more than six months.”
While speaking with a western journalist during proceedings of the Agartala conspiracy trial. Mujib was released within in seven months of his arrest as a result of mass agitation and wide scale civil disobedience in East Pakistan. http://www.thedailystar.net/magazine/2008/08/04/chintito.htm
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“I have given you independence, now go and preserve it.”
While speaking to Awami League leaders a few hours before his arrest on the night of 25th March, 1971. Mujib:Triumph and Tragedy by S A Karim
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