1. Life and Leadership of
BANGABANDHU SHEIKH MUJIBUR
RAHMAN
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2. BANGABANDHU SHEIKH MUJIBUR
RAHMAN dedicated his life to establishing a
democratic, peaceful and exploitation-free society
called "Sonar Bangla" - Golden Bengal. He
sacrificed his life to liberate the Bangalee nation.
He is the founding father of the Bangalee nation,
generator of Bangalee nationalism and creator of
the sovereign state of Bangladesh.
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3.  Born : On 17 March 1920 in Tungipara in
GOPALGANJ.
 Father : Sheikh Lutfar Rahman.
 Mother : Sheikh Fojilatunnesa.
 Position on family : Third in four sisters
and two brothers .
 Childhood name : KHOKA. .
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4.  Primary education : In 1929, entered into class
three at Gopalgonj Public School.
 High school : Passed matriculation (S.S.C) from
Gopalgonj Missionary School in 1942.
 College life : IA (Twelfth Grade) from Islamia
College, Calcutta in 1944 and BA from the same College
in 1947.
 University : In 1947 he admitted into
the UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA to study law but was
unable to complete it, because, he was
expelled from the University in early 1949 on
charge of "inciting the fourth-class
employees" .
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5.  Married : At the age of eighteen, Mujib married
Begum Lutfunnesa.
 Children : Two daughters and three sons.
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6.  Worker as All India Muslim League.
 Leaving the Muslim League he joined Suhrawardy
and Maulana Bhashani in the formation of the Awami
Muslim League.
 Elected joint secretary of its East Bengal unit in 1949.
 In 1953, Mujib was elected general secretary of the
East Pakistan Awami Muslim League until 1966.
 In 1966 became president of the party.
 Entered parliamentary politics first in 1954 through his
election as a member of the East Bengal Legislative
Assembly on the UNITED FRONT ticket. 6

7.  After Suhrawardy's death in 1963, Mujib became head
of the Awami League.
 First language prisoners in 1952.
 In 1966, he announced his famous six-point programme,
calling it 'Our [Bengalis'] Charter of Survival”.
 A sedition case known as AGARTALA CONSPIRACY
CASE, was brought against him by Ayub regime.
 Most of the period of the Ayub regime Mujib was
in jail, first from 1958 to 1961 and then from 1966 to
early 1969. During the second term in jail, Mujib's
charisma grew so much that a mass uprising took
place in his favor in early 1969.
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8.  A mass uprising took place in his favor in early
1969 and Ayub administration was compelled to
release him on 22 February 1969 unconditionally
 On the following day of his release, the Sarbadaliya
Chhatra Sangram Parishad organized a mass
reception to him at RAMNA
RACECOURSE (now, Suhrawardy Uddyan) and
accorded him the title 'Bangabandhu' (Friend of the
Bengalis).
 In him they saw a true leader who suffered jail terms
for about twelve years during the 23 years of
Pakistani rule. 8

9.  The general elections of December 1970 made
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman the sole
spokesman of East Pakistan.
 The people gave him the absolute mandate in favor
of his six-point doctrine.
 During this time, on 7 March, 1971 he addressed a
mammoth public meeting at the Race Course and
declared: "The struggle now is the struggle for our
emancipation, the struggle now is the struggle for
Independence”.
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10.  At mid-night of 25 March 1971, the Pakistan army
launched its brutal crackdown in Dhaka.
 Sheikh Mujib was arrested and kept confined at Dhaka
Cantonment until he was lifted to West Pakistan.
 In 27th March General Zia declared the Independence
of BANGLADESH on behalf of Bangabandhu.
 During the WAR OF LIBERATION The MUJIBNAGAR
GOVERNMENT, formed on 17 April 1971 by the people's
representatives to head the Liberation War.
 Mujib was the President of that government.
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11. ۞ After 9 month war and giving the value of
liberation as 3 million people death and
the rape of more than 200,000 women
Bangladesh became Independent.
۞ He released from Pakistan jail and via London he
arrived in Dhaka on 10 January 1972.
۞ People of Bangladesh received him cordially and
warmly.
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12.  Mujib formed a Government and he was the Prime
Minister.
 Started to work to repair the country.
 The government faced serious challenges, which
including the rehabilitation of millions of people
displaced in 1971, organizing the supply of food,
health aids and other necessities.
 Mujib helped Bangladesh enter into the United
Nations and the Non-Aligned Movement.
 He travelled to the U.S, U.K and other European
nations to obtain humanitarian and developmental
assistance for the nation.
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13. ۞ He charged the parliament to write a
new constitution, and proclaimed the four
fundamental principles of
"nationalism, secularism, democracy and
socialism, ― known as "Mujibism‖.
۞ In 1973 election Mujib and his party gaining
power with an absolute majority.
۞ In 1974 Bangladesh experienced the deadliest
famine ever, which killed around 1.5 million
Bangladeshi people from hunger .
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14. ۞ Mujib was widely accused for the responsible of
40000 killings by his Rakkhi Bahini.
۞ On January 25, 1975 Mujib declared a state of
emergency and banning all opposition political
parties.
۞ Mujib assumed the presidency and was given
extraordinary powers.
۞ His political supporters only legalized political
party, the Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami
League, commonly known by its initials—
BAKSAL.
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15. On August 15, 1975, a group of junior army
officers invaded the presidential residence
with tanks and killed Mujib, his family and
personal staff. Only his daughters Sheikh
Hasina Wajed and Sheikh Rehana, who were
visiting West Germany, escaped.
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16. MUJIB’S
leadership
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17.  Power
 The ability to marshal the human,
informational, and material resources to get
something done.
 Power affects : Decisions, Behavior, Situations
 Sources Of Power
 Reward Power
 Coercive Power
 Legitimate Power
 Referent Power
 Expert Power
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18.  Referent power
 Easily influenced people
 Personal identification
 Charisma
 Legitimate power
 First President
 Prime Minister
 Reward power
 Reward the freedom fighters
 Coercive power
 Killed 40000 by his Rakkhi Bahini.
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19.  Autocratic:
→ Leader makes decisions without reference to anyone
else
→ Can create de-motivation and alienation
of staff
→ May be valuable in some types of business where
decisions need to be made quickly and decisively.
 Democratic:
→ Take decisions with another
→ Seeks to persuade others that the decision
is correct
→ Improves the sharing of ideas
and experiences within the business
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20.  Laissez-Faire:
→ ‗Let it be‘ – the leadership responsibilities
are shared by all
→ Can be highly motivational,
as people have control over their working
life
→ Relies on good team work
→ Relies on good interpersonal relations
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21. ☺ Democratic:
 Beginning of leadership career
 Take decisions with consult
 Did all the movement or task with his followers
 Concern for freedom of people
 Autocratic:
 After Taking the post of Prime Minister
 Never accepted any criticism against him
 Banned all opposition political parties
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22.  Trait theories:
 Great man leaders are born not made
 leadership traits are both inherited and acquired
 There traits might be:
• Judgement
• Personality
• Dominance and personal presence
• Human relation skill
• Emotional stability
• Dedication
• Initiative
• Ambition
• Achievement etc.
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23. ♣ Was blessed from boyhood with leadership
♣ Strong personality
♣ Dominance on the people
♣ Charisma
♣ Fairness
♣ Judgment
♣ Ambition
♣ Self confidence
♣ Achievement
♣ Ability to formulate a clear vision
♣ Dedication
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24.  Two projects, the Michigan and Ohio
Studies, identified two dimension of
leadership behaviour—
a. Employee-centre behaviour
b. Job-centre behaviour
 Consistent with the studies two different
leadership behaviours were found—
a. Consideration behaviour
b. Initiating structure
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25.  Before liberation
 Employee-centre behaviour
 Consideration behaviour
 Subordinate-centred leadership (democratic
choice).
 After liberation
 Job Centre behavior
 Initiating structure
 Boss-centred leadership (autocratic leadership)
♠ By born leader
♠ Situational leader
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26. 1,9 9,9
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27.  Transformational :
 Inspire the followers to transcend their
own self-interests for the good of the
organization.
 Capable of having a profound and
extraordinary effect on followers.
 Transactional :
 Focus on the management
of the organisation
 Focus on procedures and efficiency
 Focus on working to rules
and contracts
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28. ◙ Inspired his followers for many
movement.
◙ Influenced and motivated people for
freedom fighting.
◙ Created positive change to the
followers.
◙ His charisma worked as the source of
national unity and strength in time of
liberation war.
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29. By born leader
Situational leader
Transformational
leader
Before liberation After liberation
Source of power Referent, Legitimate, Coercive power
Reward power
Types of leadership Democratic Autocratic
Style counseling Consideration behaviour Initiating structure
theory Employee center Job center
Contingency theory Subordinate- centered Boss- centered
Leadership Grid Team management Authority compliance
(9, 9) (9 , 1)
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30. GREATE RESPECT TO THIS
REAL HERO
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