National Revolution and Solidarity Day
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". National Revolution and Solidarity Day (Template:Langx) is a commemorative and former public holiday celebrated in Bangladesh on 7 November to commemorate the 7 November 1975 Bangladeshi coup d'état (Sipahi–Janata Revolution) by regular army soldiers and the common masses that showed solidarity with them.[1][2][3]
In the backdrop of the 15 August coup that resulted in the assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, a series of coups and counter-coups ended with the 3 November coup to remove from power Mujib's replacement President Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad, organised by the pro-Mujib Brig. Gen. Khaled Mosharraf, who was assassinated in the aftermath.[1][4] Meanwhile, the soldiers proceeded to release Maj. Gen. Ziaur Rahman, who was put under house arrest at the inception of the coup by Mosharraf.[4][5] The uprising, though organised by Lt. Col. (retd.) Abu Taher and his clandestine revolutionary socialist group of soldier mutineers, the Biplobi Shainik Sangstha (BSS), to unsuccessfully create a socialist revolution, resulted in Zia's ascension to power.[6]
The day marks the end of the political turmoil and series of coups and counter-coups that occurred after the assassination of Mujibur Rahman, the founding President of Bangladesh, on 15 August 1975.[7][4]
Observance
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP),[8] Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami,[9] Liberal Democratic Party[10] and several other parties commemorate the day and regard the coup as a "civil–military uprising".[11] Taher's party, Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal, views the day similarly but observes it as the "Sepoy-People's Uprising Day".[12] On the contrary, the Awami League views it negatively and considers it neither a revolutionary nor a solidarity day, calling it the "Freedom Fighters Killing Day".[13][14]
7 November was a national holiday in Bangladesh during the military government of Lt. Gen. Hussain Muhammad Ershad and prime minister Khaleda Zia's ministries.[15] In November 2007, the military-backed caretaker government of Fakhruddin Ahmed dismissed the holiday.[16]
See also
- Revolution Day in other countries
- Biplobi Shainik Sangstha (BSS)
- Military coups in Bangladesh
- Anti-imperialism solidarity day
- National Mourning Day (Bangladesh), another former public holiday in Bangladesh
References
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