New sheikh mujibur rahman biography

Sheik Mujibur Rahman () was a charismatic leader who organized dissent and rebellion against the British in India, led the Bengalis of East Pakistan in their resistance to the unjust actions of the post-colonial Pakistani government, and finally helped found the independent nation of Bangladesh in

Sheik Mujibur Rahman (Mujib) was born on March 17, , in Tongipara village in the Gopalganj subdivision of the Faridpur district in the eastern part of the province of Bengal in British India.

An extroverted, sports-loving young man, Mujib was well liked by his teachers and friends, but never distinguished himself in his studies. To the dismay of his father, a small landholder (sheik is one of the titles often assumed by the landed gentry) and a government official, Mujib showed the first sign of his future revolutionary leadership by distributing rice from his father's stockpile to the famine-stricken peasantry of his area.

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