Sheikh Hasina is the daughter of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bangladesh's independence hero, murdered in 1975.

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Sheikh Mujibur Rahman rallied Bangladeshis chafing under Pakistani domination.

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On November 8th, 15 former army officers were sentenced to death by firing squad for plotting the murder, in 1975, of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the man who won Bangladesh's independence from Pakistan in 1971.

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For example, Aung San Suu Kyi, Megawati Sukarnoputri and Sheikh Hasina each wrote about their fathers, Aung San, Sukarno and Mujibur Rahman respectively.

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