What the records say
- When
- Jan 1969 – Mar 1969
- Kind
- Protest
- Coordinates
- 23.80° N, 90.41° E
- Description
- uprising in East Pakistan against Muhammad Ayub Khan
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
1969 East Pakistan mass uprising
Uprising in East Pakistan against Muhammad Ayub Khan
The 1969 East Pakistan mass uprising was a democratic political uprising in East Pakistan. It was led by the students backed by various political parties such as the Awami League, National Awami Party, and Communist Party of East Pakistan and their student wings, and the cultural fronts against Muhammad Ayub Khan, the president of Pakistan, in protest of the oppressive military rule, political repressions, the Agarta…
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