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Bangladesh history: How Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, chosen with overwhelming popular mandate, lost trust

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In 1973, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman gave a speech at Paltan Bazar where he talked about smuggling. He asked people to catch smugglers and he said he would deal with them. But the audience was sceptical and dismayed – leading Awami politicians were known to be smugglers and Mujib was fast losing credibility. Realising this, in an attempt to capitalise on his popularity, Mujib held nationwide elections in 1973. The Awami League did spectacularly well, winning 282 of the 289 directly contested seats.
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Bangladesh history: How Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, chosen with overwhelming popular mandate, lost trust

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An excerpt from the revised edition of ‘The Land of Monsoons and Martyrs: A New History of Bangladesh’, by Salil Tripathi. In 1973, Sheikh Mujibur …
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Why a Hunger Strike Is Rallying India’s Youth

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On July 18, the award-winning Indian activist Sonam Wangchuk was picked up by the Delhi Police and taken to a state-run hospital against his will 20 days into a hunger strike. His fast is aimed at demanding accountability from the government after medical school entrance exam papers were leaked in May—supporting a nascent movement of young Indians fed up with unfairness in India’s hypercompetitive education system and high unemployment.
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