Ganatantrik Party
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The Ganatantrik Party was a Bangladesh
i political party formed in 1980 by the veteran communist
leader Haji Mohammad Danesh
, a leader of the Tebhaga movement
. Shortly before Danesh's death in 1986, the party merged into the ruling Jatiya Party of the then-Bangladeshi President Gen. Hussain Muhammad Ershad.
Bangladesh
Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...
i political party formed in 1980 by the veteran communist
Communism
Communism is a social, political and economic ideology that aims at the establishment of a classless, moneyless, revolutionary and stateless socialist society structured upon common ownership of the means of production...
leader Haji Mohammad Danesh
Haji Mohammad Danesh
Haji Mohammad Danesh was a Bangladeshi politician and communist activist.-Early life:Haji Mohammad Danesh was born to a Bengali Muslim peasant family in the village of Sultanpur in the Dinajpur district of what was then the Bengal Presidency of British India, and now a part of Bangladesh...
, a leader of the Tebhaga movement
Tebhaga movement
The Tebhaga movement was a militant campaign initiated in Bengal by the Kisan Sabha in 1946. At that time share-cropping peasants had to give half of their harvest to the owners of the land...
. Shortly before Danesh's death in 1986, the party merged into the ruling Jatiya Party of the then-Bangladeshi President Gen. Hussain Muhammad Ershad.