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| | name = Syed Faruque Rahman
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| | native_name = সৈয়দ ফারুক রহমান
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| | death_date = Date of Execution : 28 January 2010
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| | death_place = Place of Execution : [[Dhaka Central Jail]], Old Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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| | rank = [[Lieutenant Colonel]] (Dismissed)
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| '''Syed Faruque Rahman''' was a coup member involved in toppling Sheikh Mujib regime in Bangladesh.He was convicted of murder and hanged on 28 January 2010 along with fellow co-conspirators [[Sultan Shahriar Rashid Khan]], [[A.K.M. Mohiuddin Ahmed]], [[Mohiuddin Ahmed]], and [[Mohammad Bazlul Huda]] in [[Dhaka Central Jail]], [[Old Dhaka]], for the murder charges of [[Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]] the founder & first [[President of Bangladesh]]. Sayed Faruque Rahman and his close ally Kahandaker Abdur Rashid were the chief organiser of the [[Assassination]] of [[Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]] on 15 August 1975. He was [[2IC]] of [[1st Bengal Lancers]] [[Regiment]] of [[Bangladesh Army]] who led a group of Junior Army Officers in-order to overthrew the then regime of [[Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]] and installed [[Khondaker Mushtaque Ahmed]] as [[President (government title)|President]] of [[Bangladesh]].
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| == Career ==
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| In 1974, Rahman was placed in charge of recovering weapons in [[Demra Thana|Demra]], [[Munshiganj District]], [[Narayanganj District]], and [[Narsingdi District]]. He had experienced some things which made him critical of the [[Bangladesh Awami League]] government.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/august-15-special-coverage/farooqs-confession-1269634|title=Farooq's confession|date=2009-11-19|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2018-01-25|language=en}}</ref> In 1975 Rahman was a Major in the Bangladesh Army. He spoke against Sheikh Mujibur Rahman to his fellow Army officers. He also told them that Sheikh Mujibur Rahman would give Bangladesh to India and that Sheikh Mujibur Rahman would establish a monarchy in Bangladesh.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-108630|title=Faruque provoked all with monarchy story|date=2009-10-06|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2018-01-25|language=en}}</ref> He and Major [[Sultan Shahriar Rashid Khan]] discussed ways of removing Sheikh Mujibur Rahman from power and asked Brigadier General Ziaur Rahman for support. Zia expressed his inability to support them.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-108963|title=Ziaur Rahman involved in incidents of Aug 15|date=2009-10-08|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2018-01-25|language=en}}</ref> Zia asked them to do what they think is necessary.<ref name=":2" /> They were supported covertly by senior cabinet minister [[Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad|Khondaker Mushtaque Ahmed]] who was introduced to Rahman by Major [[Khandaker Abdur Rashid]].<ref name=":2" /> On 12 August 1975 he discussed the plans with his fellow officers at his wedding anniversary party at the [[Officers Club, Dhaka]]. There the officers finalised 15 August 1975 as the day they would launch the coup.<ref name=":2" />
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| On 14 August 1975, Syed Faruque Rahman met Captain [[Abdul Aziz Pasha]], Captain [[Bazlul Huda]], Major Khandaker Abdur Rashid, Major [[Shariful Haque Dalim]], Major [[S.H.M.B Noor Chowdhury]], Major [[Sultan Shahriar Rashid Khan]], Major [[Rashed Chowdhury]], and other officer met in his office to finalize the plan. According to the plan Rahman commanded the tanks of the Bengal Lancers.<ref name=":2" /> Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was killed in his house by Captain Bazlul Huda and Major Noor on 15 August 1975.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-108789 |title=Huda, Noor shot Bangabandhu |date=2009-10-07 |work=The Daily Star |access-date=2018-01-25 |language=en}}</ref> Immediately after the killing, the officers rendezvoused at the Bangladesh Betar office,<ref name=":2" /> and installed Khondakar Mushtaque Ahmed as the new president of Bangladesh.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F4-dAwAAQBAJ&q=Syed%2520Faruque%2520Rahman&pg=PA15 |title=Famous Assassinations in World History: An Encyclopedia [2 volumes] |last=Newton |first=Michael |year=2014 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-1-61069-286-1 |page=15 |language=en}}</ref> Khondakar Mushtaque called the assassins ''Surja Santan'' (the gallant sons) and passed the [[Indemnity Ordinance]] which protected the assassins from legal prosecution.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-109535 |title=Moshtaq hailed killers as 'Surja Santan' |date=2009-10-12 |work=The Daily Star |access-date=2018-01-25 |language=en}}</ref>
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| Rahman was promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel and held a position of power in the new regime until it was overthrown in a counter-coup by pro-Mujib officers led by Maj. Gen. [[Khaled Mosharraf]], who ousted Khondakar Mushtaque. However, [[7 November 1975 Bangladesh coup d'état|7 November 1975 coup]] against the Mosharraf by Lt. Col. [[Abu Taher]] brought Maj. Gen. Ziaur Rahman to power. Ziaur Rahman was freed by Major [[Mohiuddin Ahmed]]. Ziaur Rahman after assuming power appointed the assassins in the diplomatic corps in foreign posts with the exception of Syed Faruque Rahman and [[Sultan Shahriar Rashid Khan]] refused to accept the diplomatic posts.<ref name=":0" /> In 1979, the [[Bangladeshi parliament]] under Ziaur Rahman's [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] converted the Indemnity ordinance into an official act of parliament. Faruque Rahman was dismissed from Bangladesh Army for his role in Mutinies in [[Savar Cantonment]] and [[Bogra Cantonment]] and sent abroad. The assassins were removed from government service after they tried to launch a coup against Ziaur Rahman in 1980.<ref name=":1" />
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| After the [[assassination of Ziaur Rahman]] in 1981, Rahman returned to active politics by founding the [[Bangladesh Freedom Party|Freedom Party]] and running for the presidency against Lt. Gen. [[Hussain Muhammad Ershad]] in [[1986 Bangladeshi presidential election|1986]]. He maintained ties with [[ULFA]] in Assam, India.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-L7qAwAAQBAJ&q=Syed%2520Faruque%2520Rahman&pg=PA129 |title=Nagaland : The Land of Sunshine |last=Maitra |first=Kiranshankar |date=2011-09-15 |publisher=Anjali Publishers |isbn=978-81-89620-92-9 |page=129 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YkRuAAAAMAAJ |title=The Nagas rebel and insurgency in the North-East |last=Maitra |first=Kiran Shankar |date=1998-02-04 |publisher=Vikas Pub. House |page=165 |isbn=978-81-259-0447-2 |language=en}}</ref>
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| ===Trial and execution===
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| In 1996, the [[Awami League]] under the leadership of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's daughter, [[Sheikh Hasina]] won the general election and became the [[Prime Minister of Bangladesh]]. Under her party's majority, the Indemnity Act was repealed and a court case initiated over the killing of Mujib and his family.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/Mujibrsquos-killers-case-A-chronology-of-events/article16892929.ece |title=Mujib's killers case: A chronology of events |date=2009-11-19 |work=The Hindu |access-date=2018-01-25 |agency=PTI |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> In August 1996 he was arrested by the Bangladesh Police.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/08/18/world/3-face-charges-in-plot-for-bangladesh-coup.html |title=3 Face Charges in Plot For Bangladesh Coup |agency=Associated Press |date=1996-08-18 |work=The New York Times |access-date=2018-01-25 |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> In 1998, the Dhaka High Court sentenced Syed Faruque Rahman to death. After the Awami League's defeat in the 2001 general election, the BNP government of [[Begum Khaleda Zia]] slowed down the proceedings in the Mujib murder case. In October 2007 he filed an appeal with the Bangladesh Supreme Court.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-110262 |title=Bangabandhu case hearing resumes today |date=2009-10-17 |work=The Daily Star |access-date=2018-01-25 |language=en}}</ref> After Sheikh Hasina returned to power in 2009, the court case was restarted. After Rahman's plea for clemency was denied by the [[Supreme Court of Bangladesh]], he was executed along with other plotters on 28 January 2010.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bangladesh executes Mujib killers |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8483988.stm |work=BBC News |access-date=28 January 2010 |date=27 January 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://bdnews24.com/politics/2015/08/18/bnp-demands-fresh-investigation-into-the-assassination-of-bangabandhu-sheikh-mujibur-rahman |title=BNP demands fresh investigation into the assassination of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman |work=bdnews24.com |access-date=2016-05-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.asiantribune.com/news/2009/11/20/bangladesh-supreme-court-verdict-bangabandhu-murder-case-justice-delayed-not-denied |title=Bangladesh Supreme Court Verdict: Bangabandhu Murder Case- Justice delayed but not denied |work=Asian Tribune |access-date=2016-05-01}}</ref>
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| == Personal life ==
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| Rahman's son, Syed Tareq Rahman, is a leader of the Freedom Party founded by him.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/newDesign/cache/cached-news-details-111769.html |title=Families of Bangabandhu killers found closely linked |work=The Daily Star |language=en |access-date=2018-01-25}}</ref>
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| ==See also==
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| *[[Jail Killing Day]]
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| ==References==
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