| Holiday Name: | National Revolution and Solidarity Day |
| Type: | Patriotic |
| Official Name: | Bengali: জাতীয় বিপ্লব ও সংহতি দিবস |
| Observedby: | Bangladesh |
| Longtype: | Patriotic |
| Significance: | Commemorates the united soldier and public uprising against the Mujibist military coup d'état |
| Firsttime: | As national holiday: |
| Lasttime: | As national holiday: |
| Date: | November 7 |
| Scheduling: | same day each year |
| Frequency: | Annual |
| Mdy: | blank |
| Observances: | Political rallies, wreath-laying, prayers, conferences, photography exhibitions |
| Relatedto: | 7 November 1975 Bangladeshi coup d'état Assassination of Khaled Mosharraf |
National Revolution and Solidarity Day (bn|জাতীয় বিপ্লব ও সংহতি দিবস) is a commemorative and former public holiday celebrated in Bangladesh on November 7 to commemorate the 7 November 1975 Bangladeshi coup d'état (Sipahi–Janata Revolution) by regular soldiers of Army and the common masses that showed solidarity with them.[1] [2]
In the backdrop of the 15 August coup that resulted in the assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, it ended the 3 November coup to remove from power Mujib's replacement President Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad, organised by the pro-Mujib Brig. Gen. Khaled Mosharraf, who was assassinated in the aftermath.[3] Meanwhile, the soldiers proceeded to release Maj. Gen. Ziaur Rahman, who was put under house arrest at the inception of the coup by Mosharraf.[4] [5] The uprising, though organised by Lt. Col. (retd.) Abu Taher and his clandestine revolutionary socialist group of soldier mutineers, the Biplobi Shainik Sangstha (BSS), to unsuccessfully create a socialist revolution, resulted Zia's ascension to the power.[6]
The day is marked to end the political turmoil and series of coups and counter-coups those occurred after the assassination of Mujibur Rahman, the founding President of Bangladesh, on 15 August 1975.[7]
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP),[8] Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami,[9] Liberal Democratic Party[10] and several other parties commemorate the day and regard the coup a "civil–military uprising".[11] While Taher's party, Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal, also views the day similarly but observes as the "Sepoy-People's Uprising Day".[12] On the contrary, Awami League views it negatively and considers it neither a revolutionary nor a solidarity day, calling it the "Freedom Fighters Killing Day".[13] [14]
7 November was a national holiday in Bangladesh during the military government of Lt. Gen. Hussain Muhammad Ershad and prime minister Khaleda Zia's ministries.[15] In November 2007, the military-backed caretaker government of Fakhruddin Ahmed scrapped the holiday.[16]