Unlike Sheikh Mujibur Rehman who kept the Bengali identity at the forefront of his secular politics in Bangladesh, Ziaur Rehman promoted a 'national identity' based on Islam.
On Monday, the unruly mob destroyed the Bangabandhu Museum in the Dhanmondi area in Dhaka. This museum was dedicated to the founding father of Bangladesh, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, who was assassinated in 1975.