1990 Mass Uprising in Bangladesh

1990 Mass Uprising of Bangladesh
Mass rally of Dhaka blockade, photographed by Dinu Alam on 10 November 1987
Date	10 October – 4 December 1990
Location	Dhaka, Bangladesh
Caused by	Dictatorship
Resulted in	Pro-democracy victory Downfall of Hussain Muhammad Ershad 1991 Bangladeshi general election and Khaleda Zia and the Bangladesh Nationalist Party gain power. Beginning of parliamentary democracy in Bangladesh
Parties
Pro-democracy activists Bangladesh Nationalist Party Awami League Government of Bangladesh Bangladesh Police Jatiya Party
Lead figures
Khaleda Zia Sheikh Hasina Hussain Muhammad Ershad
Casualties and losses
~100 killed

The 1990 Mass Uprising, popularly known as '90's Anti-Authoritarian Movement (Bengali: নব্বইয়ের স্বৈরাচার-বিরোধী আন্দোলন), was a democratic movement that took place on 4 December and led to the fall of General Hussain Muhammad Ershad in Bangladesh. The uprising was the result of a series of popular protests that started from 10 October 1990 to topple General Ershad who came to power in 1982 by imposing martial law and replaced a democratically elected President through a bloodless coup.^[1]

The uprising is marked as the starting point of parliamentary democracy in Bangladesh after nine years of military rule and paved the way for a credible election in 1991. Bangladesh Nationalist Party led 7-party alliance, Bangladesh Awami League led 8-party alliance and Leftist 5-party alliance was instrumental in staging the uprising against Ershad.

About hundred people died during the protests those led to the upsurge from 10 October till 4 December, around fifty were the casualty of the violent protests and street fights started from 27 November after a state of emergency was declared. General Ershad was arrested immediately after the uprising on corruption charges.