1976 Bogra mutiny
Date30 September 1976
Location
Bogra
Status Defeat of the mutineers
Belligerents
Bangladesh Bangladesh Army Mutineers from the 22nd Bengal Regiment

1976 Bogra mutiny was a mutiny of Bangladesh Army soldiers stationed in Bogra Cantonment.

Background

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was the founding father of Bangladesh and the first Prime Minister of the country after its independence of Pakistan in 1971.[1][2]

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and most of his family were killed in the 15 August 1975 Bangladeshi coup d'état by officers and soldiers of Bangladesh Army.[1][2][3] Khondker Moshtaq Ahmed became president of Bangladesh and praised the killers of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.[4] The regiments involved in the coup were divided and dispersed to different cantonments around Bangladesh.[5] Officers involved in the coup and killing were given posts in diplomatic missions of Bangladesh.[4]

The Bengal Lancers were directly involved in the coup and killing of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.[5] They were posted to Bogra Cantonment and their officers were sent into diplomatic posting outside of Bangladesh.[5][6] Major General Ziaur Rahman, chief of Bangladesh Army, had difficulty moving the Bengal Lancers to Bogra but was forced after Air Vice Marshall Muhammad Ghulam Tawab, Chief of Bangladesh Air Force, threatened to use Air Force aircraft against the Bengal Lancers.[5]

Events

Air Vice Marshall Muhammad Ghulam Tawab addressed a rally of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami calling for Bangladesh to be changed from a secular state to an Islamic one.[7][8] The next month Tawab supports the return of four army officers involved in the assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and join the Bengal Lancers in Bogra Cantonment.[5]

The led to the 1976 Bogra mutiny under Colonel Syed Faruque Rahman, one of officers Tawab helped returned.[7] It involved soldiers from the 1st Bengal Lancers and 1st Bengal Cavalry. The mutineers wanted the creation of an Islamic state in Bangladesh. The government of Bangladesh responded firmly to the mutiny threatening to completely annihilate the unit.[7] Syed Faruque Rahman surrenders on the condition that he will not be tried and be allowed to leave Bangladesh.[7]

After the failed mutiny, Major General Ziaur Rahman retires Tawab, sends the four officers back, and disbands the Bengal Lancers.[5] The 22nd Bengal Regiment mutnitied in the 1977 Bogra mutiny to call for the release of Syed Faruque Rahman.[9]

References

  1. 1 2 "Mujibur Rahman | Biography, Family, & Assassination | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Rahman, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur - Banglapedia". en.banglapedia.org. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  3. ↑ "Bangladesh Executes Ex-Army Captain Who Assassinated Sheikh Mujibur Rahman". NDTV.com. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  4. 1 2 Staff Correspondent (12 October 2009). "Moshtaq hailed killers as 'Surja Santan'". The Daily Star. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Maniruzzaman, Talukder (1977). "Bangladesh in 1976: Struggle for Survival as an Independent State". Asian Survey. 17 (2): 191–200. doi:10.2307/2643476. ISSN 0004-4687. JSTOR 2643476.
  6. ↑ "Factbox: Key facts about Bangladesh's Mujib case". Reuters. 27 January 2010. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  7. 1 2 3 4 "Assassination of Ziaur Rahman (1981) - Sheikh Mujib's killers return for another mutiny, government vs leftist parties - History of Bangladesh". londoni.co. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  8. ↑ "Tales of critical times". The Daily Star. 15 July 2013. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  9. ↑ "Assassination of Ziaur Rahman (1981) - Sepoy Mutiny in Bogra and Dhaka - History of Bangladesh". londoni.co. Retrieved 3 February 2023.

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