Islam Museum Islam Museum islam.museum
Search ⌕ ARENUR
Accessibility
Text size 100%

Saved on this device only — nothing is sent anywhere.

Bangladesh

بنغلاديش

Republic in eastern Bengal, independent 1971.

Depth

At a glance

Region
South Asia
Identifiers
WikidataGeoNames

The long-form text for this entry has not been written yet. The facts and connections below come from the museum's data.

Connections

Explore the connections

Home of
Abu Taw Haa Muhammad Adnan· Apsana Begum· Enayetullah Abbasi· Kazi Zafarullah
Birthplace of
Mohammed Shahabuddin· Sheikh Hasina

People and things also explored

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman· India (al-Hind)· Abu Taw Haa Muhammad Adnan· Apsana Begum· Enayetullah Abbasi· Kazi Zafarullah· Mohammed Shahabuddin· Sheikh Hasina

Sources

  • Wikidata
  • GeoNames gazetteer
Cite this page

islam.museum contributors. “Bangladesh”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/bangladesh/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-09.

Improve this page on GitHub · Report an error · Help complete it · JSON

Wing

Place

Cities, sites and routes on a map that moves through time. Related

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

Bangladeshi politician (17 March 1920 – 15 August 1975), the founder of Bangladesh and its first president. He led the Awami League to victory in Pakistan's 1970 general election, proclaimed Bangladesh's independence in March 1971 and headed its provisional government during the Liberation War while imprisoned in West Pakistan, then served as prime minister from 1972 to 1975 and as president in 1975, until he was assassinated with most of his family in a military coup at Dhaka. His eldest daughter is Sheikh Hasina.