| '90's Anti-Authoritarian Movement | |||
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| Part of Revolutions of 1989 | |||
 Mass rally of Dhaka blockade, photographed by Dinu Alam on 10 November 1987 | |||
| Date | 10 October – 4 December 1990 | ||
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| Caused by | Authoritarianism | ||
| Resulted in | Pro-democracy victory
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| Death(s) | ~100 | ||
The 1990 Mass Uprising,[a] popularly known as '90's Anti-Authoritarian Movement,[b] 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.
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- ^ "Bangladeshis bring down Ershad regime, 1987–1990". Non-violent Data Archive. 24 January 2014.