Wednesday, September 08, 2010

Bangladesh 1 taka 2010 - Seikh Mujibor Rahman

New circulating item:

"Seikh Mujibor Rahman"

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was a Bengali politician and the founding leader of the People's Republic of Bangladesh, generally considered in the country as the father of the Bangladeshi nation.
He headed the Awami League, served as the first President of Bangladesh and later became its Prime Minister.



(image by Sejin Ahn)

His portrait also appears in this 100 taka banknote from year 2001:



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