General Ziaur Rahman

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_officer
gptkb:person
politician
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Pakistan_Military_Academy
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Bir_Uttom
gptkbp:birthDate 1936-01-19
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Bagbari,_Bogra,_Bengal_Presidency,_British_India
gptkbp:causeOfDeath gptkb:murder
gptkbp:children gptkb:Tarique_Rahman
Arafat Rahman Koko
gptkbp:deathDate 1981-05-30
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Chittagong,_Bangladesh
gptkbp:ethnicity gptkb:Bengali
gptkbp:father Mansur Rahman
gptkbp:founder gptkb:Bangladesh_Nationalist_Party
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label General Ziaur Rahman
gptkbp:introduced multi-party politics in Bangladesh
gptkbp:killedBy 1981-05-30
gptkbp:knownFor declaring Bangladesh's independence on behalf of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in 1971
gptkbp:militaryAllegiance gptkb:Pakistan_(before_1971)
Bangladesh (after 1971)
gptkbp:militaryBranch gptkb:Bangladesh_Army
gptkbp:militaryRank Major General
gptkbp:mother Jahanara Khatun
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:Bengali
gptkbp:notableEvent 7 November 1975 coup
lifting of martial law in 1979
martial law regime in Bangladesh
gptkbp:notableFor founding the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)
proclaiming the independence of Bangladesh
gptkbp:officeHolder gptkb:Chief_of_Army_Staff_of_Bangladesh
gptkbp:participatedIn gptkb:Bangladesh_Liberation_War
gptkb:Indo-Pakistani_War_of_1965
gptkbp:politicalParty gptkb:Bangladesh_Nationalist_Party
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Abu_Sadat_Mohammad_Sayem
gptkbp:predecessorAsChiefOfArmyStaff Khalilur Rahman
gptkbp:president gptkb:Bangladesh
gptkbp:promotion Islamization of Bangladesh
economic liberalization in Bangladesh
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Islam
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Sher-e-Bangla_Nagar,_Dhaka,_Bangladesh
gptkbp:serviceYears 1953–1981
gptkbp:signature Ziaur Rahman signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Khaleda_Zia
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Abdus_Sattar
gptkbp:successorAsChiefOfArmyStaff gptkb:Hussain_Muhammad_Ershad
gptkbp:termAsChiefOfArmyStaffEnd 1978-03-27
gptkbp:termAsChiefOfArmyStaffStart 1976-11-07
gptkbp:termEnd 1981-05-30
gptkbp:termStart 1977-04-21
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Bangladesh_Armed_Forces
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7