1977 Bogra mutiny

Rebellion in Bogra, Bangladesh 1977 Bogra mutiny 30 September 1977 Bogra Cantonment, Rajshahi Division, Bangladesh Defeat of the mutineersChakrabarti S. K. 1978 The Evolution of Politics in Bangladesh, 1947-1978 https://books.google.com/books?id=ZHsBAAAAMAAJ&q=Bogra+mutiny+30+September+1977 Associated 251 en Bangladesh Government of Bangladesh 20px Ministry of Defence Bangladesh Armed Forces Flag.svg Bangladesh Armed Forces Bangladesh Bangladesh Armed Forces Flag.svg Opposition to Ziaur RahmanBangladesh army 22nd Bengal Regiment Bangladesh armyFlag of the President of Bangladesh.svg Ziaur RahmanBangladesh army Lt. Hafizur Rahman Bangladesh army Lt. Col. Zaman 2 lieutenants killed At least 100 executedDuring the 1977 Bangladesh mass executions The 1977 Bogra mutiny was a mutiny in Bogra Cantonment, a military station near the city of Bogra in Bangladesh on 30 September 1977.Rahman Syedur 2010 Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh https://books.google.com/books?id=bJfcCPUr0OoC&q=Bogra+mutiny+started+on+30+September+1977&pg=PA55 Scarecrow Press 55 9780810874534 en Background When Ziaur Rahman was the Chief of Army Staff, he served as the Chief Martial Law Administrator after the Assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. On 21 April 1977 President Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayem resigned and Zia became president of Bangladesh.Ahamed Emajuddin Rahman, Shahid ZiaurZiaur Rahman president of Bangladesh https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ziaur-Rahman Encyclopædia Britannica 13 December 2016 In July 1977, two months before the September uprising, the Bogra Cantonment had seen a mutiny which had led to the mutinous unit being disbanded. The cause behind that mutiny was resentment over an insufficient pay increase.June 2023 Events The mutiny took place in Bogra cantonment under the leadership of Lieutenant Colonel Zaman. The government of Bangladesh was preoccupied with Japan Airlines Flight 472 which was hijacked and had landed in Dhaka.Roy Asish Kumar 2002 Praetorian politics in Bangladesh, 1975-1981 Progressive Publishers 78, 207 491399557 en Enlisted men had killed their officers and there were reports of gunfire in Bogra town.June 2023 The 22nd Regiment had mutinied.Clandestine killings in the Bangladesh Army http://www.observerbd.com/2014/01/19/1891.php The Daily Observer 19 January 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20161220215255/http://www.observerbd.com/2014/01/19/1891.php 20 December 2016 The mutiny failed. By the end of October 1977, special military tribunals had tried and convicted 55 people of involvement in the mutiny. They were sentenced to death. Amnesty International wrote that there was "reason to believe" that executions continued into the new year.The Death Penalty: Amnesty International Report 1979 Amnesty International Publications London 0-900058-88-9 71 According to a 2014 report in The Daily Observer, hundreds of soldiers were executed and buried in mass graves in Rajshahi. Notes References March 2017 Category:1977 crimes in Bangladesh Category:1977 conflicts 1977 Category:1977 murders in Bangladesh Category:Mutinies Category:Military history of Bangladesh Category:History of Bangladesh (1971–present) Category:1970s in Dhaka Category:1977 in military history Category:Coups d'état in Bangladesh Category:September 1977 in Asia Category:1970s coups d'état Category:Bogra District