Bangabandhu in focus : Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, a biography by Syed Badrul Ahsan
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, a biography penned by Syed Badrul Ahsan leaves an indelible impression of Bangladesh’s founding father on the world today.
A prominent figure in the history of Bangladesh, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman started his political career early. Syed Badrul Ahsan, the Executive Editor of The Daily Star, a Bangladeshi daily, begins with the political figure’s initiation into politics, who later became a member of the Muslim League.
The narrative focusses on Mujibur’s rise as a young political leader who supported the formation of a separate state of Pakistan in 1947, to a rebel pressing for the rights of Bengalis in East Pakistan and the one who was even jailed for his secessionist actions.
The book traces Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s evolution fro...