Bangladesh Rebels Strike Back: Mosharraf Ousted, Rahman Freed
Khaled Mosharraf had held power for exactly three days. He'd seized control of Bangladesh in a coup, then lost everything in a counter-coup led by Col. Abu Taher — who mobilized not just soldiers but ordinary people into the streets. The target: free Maj-Gen. Ziaur Rahman from house arrest. It worked. Mosharraf was killed. Rahman walked out and eventually became president. But Taher never celebrated freely — Rahman later had him executed. The man who freed the future president was killed by the man he freed.
November 7, 1975
51 years ago
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