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Ziaur Rahman

1936 - 1981

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Ziaur Rahman (19 January 1936 – 30 May 1981) was a Bangladeshi military officer and politician who served as the sixth president of Bangladesh from 1977 until his assassination in 1981. One of the leading figures of the country's independence war, Zia broadcast the Bangladeshi declaration of independence in March 1971 from Chittagong. In the aftermath of the Sipahi-Janata revolution in 1975, he consolidated power to lead Bangladesh with pragmatic policies through economic liberalization that significantly contributed to the economic recovery of the country. He is often known as Shaheed President (Bengali: শহীদ প্রেসিডেন্ট, lit. 'Martyr President') in Bangladesh. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ziaur Rahman is the 7,866th most popular politician (up from 8,182nd in 2019), the 15th most popular biography from Bangladesh (down from 13th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Bangladeshi Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ziaur Rahman ranks 7,866 out of 19,576. Before him are Syama Prasad Mukherjee, Wendell R. Anderson, Mikhail Kasyanov, Serdar Berdimuhamedow, George Allen, and Muhammad al-Nafs al-Zakiyya. After him are Princess Henriëtte Amalia of Anhalt-Dessau, Titus Flavius Sabinus, Pelops of Sparta, Chilperic II of Burgundy, Porfirio Lobo Sosa, and Uesugi Kagekatsu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Ziaur Rahman ranks 153. Before him are Harry Bild, Adolfo Nicolás, Klaus Kinkel, Théo Sarapo, Alejandra Pizarnik, and David Yonggi Cho. After him are Andrew Grove, Ennio Antonelli, Zeynab Khanlarova, Volodymyr Holubnychy, André Kolingba, and Jacques Charrier. Among people deceased in 1981, Ziaur Rahman ranks 68. Before him are Franjo Šeper, Ella Grasso, Valeri Kharlamov, Nelson Algren, Lotte Lenya, and Christy Brown. After him are Jim Davis, Kirill Kondrashin, Grunya Sukhareva, Henry Eyring, Gunichi Mikawa, and Bernard Lee.

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In Bangladesh

Among people born in Bangladesh, Ziaur Rahman ranks 15 out of 74. Before him are Mohammad Ali Bogra (1909), Matsyendranatha (901), Zillur Rahman (1929), William Beveridge (1879), Fazlur Rahman Khan (1929), and Sri Chinmoy (1931). After him are Iajuddin Ahmed (1931), Anandamayi Ma (1896), Khawaja Nazimuddin (1894), Meghnad Saha (1893), Mahasweta Devi (1926), and Radhabinod Pal (1886).

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Among POLITICIANS In Bangladesh

Among politicians born in Bangladesh, Ziaur Rahman ranks 8. Before him are Chandragupta I (250), Mohammed Shahabuddin (1949), Abdul Hamid (1944), Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (1920), Mohammad Ali Bogra (1909), and Zillur Rahman (1929). After him are Iajuddin Ahmed (1931), Khawaja Nazimuddin (1894), Shahabuddin Ahmed (1930), A. B. Bardhan (1924), Tajuddin Ahmad (1925), and Abdur Rahman Biswas (1926).

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