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Events on Saturday 30 May 1981 1
1981Assassination of Ziaur RahmanBangladeshi president killed in an army coup attemptBangladeshi President Ziaur Rahman was assassinated by rebel army officers in Chittagong on 30 May 1981. The coup attempt that followed his killing was suppressed within days. His death triggered a period of political instability that eventually brought General Hussain Muhammad Ershad to power.