Top 10 Greatest Bangladeshis of All Time
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Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (17 March 1920 to 15 August 1975), also known by the honorific Bangabandhu, was a Bangladeshi politician, revolutionary, statesman, and activist who served as the founding President of Bangladesh. He fiercely championed the cause of Bengali nationalism and spearheaded the political... read more
He is called the greatest Bengali in a thousand years for a reason. He is the first Bengali who fought politically for the self-determination of the Bengali people. He is the sole reason why the entire nation fought against the Pakistani regime.
Father of the nation. Greatest leader. Inspiring personality.
Undoubtedly the greatest Bengali to come. He is the greatest leader of our country.
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Ziaur Rahman
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman created Bangladesh, but it was Major Gen. Shaheed Ziaur Rahman who built Bangladesh. During his era, Bangladesh saw the greatest growth in 43 years of independence. He is unarguably the greatest Bangladeshi president of all time, but enemies of Bangladesh and conspirators assassinated him and stopped the growth engine of Bangladesh and it is still not back on.
In terms of the best president, he can be called the greatest Bangladeshi of all time. During his era, he was the most powerful leader in South Asia and one of the most powerful in Asia.
No doubt Shaheed President Ziaur Rahman is the greatest President of Bangladesh of all time.
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Muhammad Yunus
A Nobel Prize winner and considered one of the most influential people in the world, he is currently the most powerful person in Bangladesh. He has very close relations with Hillary Clinton and Bill Clinton. He was ranked #2 on Top 100 Global Thinkers.
He is the chancellor of Glasgow Caledonian University and a board member of Shahjalal University and Chittagong University. Founder of the Grameen Foundation and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom and Congressional Gold Medal, he is the most widely known Bengali of current times.
He is also the board director of the UN. He is regarded as the best social entrepreneur, banker, and economist South Asia has ever produced. He is the founder of microfinance. The most effective way to reduce poverty. Because of him, Bangladesh, once the most poverty-filled nation in South Asia, is now the most poverty-free nation of South Asia (40% in 2000 to 14% in 2014). He is admired and respected by almost all leaders around the world.
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Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani
His efforts created a sense of fierce nationality and a spirit of independence amongst all Bangladeshis of East Pakistan. He is widely respected in all Muslim countries around the world. Out of respect towards him, he was nicknamed "The Red Maulana".
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A. K. Fazlul Huq
He was given the title "Sher-E-Bangla" by the British. He was regarded as the bravest leader of the British Colonial Era. He was the Governor (Head of State) of Greater Bengal.
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Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy
He was the Premier of Bengal and Prime Minister of Pakistan (East and West Pakistan) before the Partition in 1971. He is widely regarded as one of the most powerful people from the Bengal (now Bangladesh) region.
Without a doubt, he was a great politician in his time, and he was also the political mentor of Sheikh Mujib.
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M. A. G. Osmani
He was the head of the most deadly and ruthless force in the world, "The 1st East Bengal Regiment". He contributed to World War II, the Pak-India war of 1947, 1965, and the Bangladesh Pakistan war of 1971. His army was the most deadly and feared battalion around the world.
In the Indo-Pak War of 1965, when Pakistan almost lost the war, the 1st Bengal Regiment led by him, sacrificed their lives intentionally by attaching bombs to their bodies and getting into Indian tanks. In one night, the East Bengal Regiment single-handedly destroyed 3,000 Indian army tanks, although their sacrifice was not recognized by the Pakistani government after 1971. Their greatness has been written with golden letters in history.
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Khaleda Zia
Begum Khaleda Zia was a Bangladeshi politician who served as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh from 1991 to 1996 and again from 2001 to 2006. When she took office in 1991, she became the first woman in the country's history and the second in the Muslim world to head a democratic government as prime minister... read more
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Kazi Nazrul Islam
He is an eternal poet. His songs, poems, novels, essays, and every literary work are immortal. Every piece he wrote holds significance in this context.
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Shakib Al Hasan
Shakib Al Hasan is a former Bangladeshi international cricketer who played in Test, One Day International, and Twenty20 formats. He served as captain of the Bangladesh national team across all three formats during his career. Shakib is widely regarded as one of the greatest all-rounders in the history... read more
The greatest cricketer of all time from Bangladesh.
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Mashrafe Mortaza
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Tamim Iqbal
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Sheikh Hasina
Sheikh Hasina served as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh from 1996 to 2001 and again from 2009 to 2024. She is the leader of the Awami League and has been credited with fostering economic growth. However, she has also been criticized for authoritarian tendencies.
Her father liberated the country. And she made the bottomless basket a shining beacon of development and economic prosperity. We are so lucky to have her.
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Fazlur Rahman Khan
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Begum Rokeya
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Jagadish Chandra Bose
Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose was a Bengali polymath, an Indian physicist, biologist, biophysicist, botanist, archaeologist, and inventor. He made pioneering contributions to plant physiology and radio science, notably inventing the crescograph to measure plant response and using semiconductor junctions... read more
The greatest inventor from Bangladesh and one of the greatest inventors of all time, he was the one to discover that trees have life. He was also the first one to invent radio before his invention was stolen.
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Lalon Shah
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Muhammad Shahidullah
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Shakib Khan
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Kaniz Fatema
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Atisa Dipamkara Srijnana
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Quazi Deen Mohammad
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Mamunul Haque
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Zainul Abedin
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Salman Shah
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Humayun Ahmed