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Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

1920 - 1975

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Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (17 March 1920 – 15 August 1975), also known by the honorific Bangabandhu, was a Bangladeshi politician, revolutionary, statesman and activist who was the founding president of Bangladesh. As the leader of Bangladesh, he led the country as its president and prime minister from 1972 until his assassination in a coup d'état in 1975. His nationalist ideology, socio-political theories, and political doctrines are collectively known as Mujibism. Born in an aristocratic Bengali Muslim family in Tungipara, Mujib emerged as a student activist in the province of Bengal during the final years of the British Raj. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is the 3,077th most popular politician (down from 1,645th in 2019), the 8th most popular biography from Bangladesh (down from 2nd in 2019) and the 5th most popular Bangladeshi Politician.

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was the first president of Bangladesh and is most famous for leading the Bengali independence movement.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman ranks 3,077 out of 19,576. Before him are Robert I, Duke of Parma, Ivan Asen II of Bulgaria, Jioji Konrote, Yesün Temür, Margareta of Romania, and Al-Mu'tadid. After him are Francesco II Sforza, Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Mary, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange, Duke Alexander of Württemberg, Anne of France, and J. G. Strijdom.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman ranks 48. Before him are John Demjanjuk, Walter Matthau, Prem Tinsulanonda, Douglass North, Ben Ferencz, and Baruj Benacerraf. After him are Robert Whittaker, Lawrence Klein, Ravi Shankar, Kaysone Phomvihane, Sergei Bondarchuk, and Mickey Rooney. Among people deceased in 1975, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman ranks 26. Before him are Josemaría Escrivá, Graham Hill, Paul Keres, Jimmy Hoffa, Eisaku Satō, and Antonín Novotný. After him are József Mindszenty, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Dong Biwu, Chivu Stoica, François Tombalbaye, and Shojiro Sugimura.

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In Bangladesh

Among people born in Bangladesh, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman ranks 8 out of 74. Before him are Jagadish Chandra Bose (1858), Chandragupta I (250), Muhammad Yunus (1940), Mohammed Shahabuddin (1949), Atiśa (982), and Abdul Hamid (1944). After him are Mohammad Ali Bogra (1909), Matsyendranatha (901), Zillur Rahman (1929), William Beveridge (1879), Fazlur Rahman Khan (1929), and Sri Chinmoy (1931).

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Among POLITICIANS In Bangladesh

Among politicians born in Bangladesh, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman ranks 5. Before him are Sheikh Hasina (1947), Chandragupta I (250), Mohammed Shahabuddin (1949), and Abdul Hamid (1944). After him are Mohammad Ali Bogra (1909), Zillur Rahman (1929), Ziaur Rahman (1936), Iajuddin Ahmed (1931), Khawaja Nazimuddin (1894), Shahabuddin Ahmed (1930), and A. B. Bardhan (1924).

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