General Ziaur Rahman's Military regime_Part-2

Initially Zia was preoccupied with restoring discipline in the military and ruthlessly put down repeated coup attempts. He also took measures to redress some of the grievances of the soldiers that led to the mutiny. Zia integrated the Rakhhi Bahini with the military, bringing the former under the military's chain of command. Through himself a freedom fighter, Zia accommodated the repatriated officers from Pakistan and made Hossain Mohammed Ershad, a repatriated officer, his deputy over the claims of Mukti Bahani officers.

General Ziaur Rahman's Military regime_Part-1

Ziaur Rahman emerged as the military strongman after the November 7,1975 soldier's mutiny.For almost a year he ruled from behind the scene as one of three deputy Martial Law Administrator keeping justice A.M. Sayem as the President and chief Martial Law Administrator.Parliament was dissolved and the political parties and civil and political rights were suppressed under martial law. The regime, however,made repeated promises to restore democracy. The President's council of advisory's ware drawn from mainly the ranks of bureaucrats and technocrats. Many of them had served the military regimes in the Pakistani period and knew the art of running such regimes. More details of General Ziaur Rahman will be in next article.