Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Mutsigiri wokutanga wedemokrasi uye socialism, Mujib akasimuka mumapoka eAwami League uye East Pakistani zvematongerwe enyika semutauri ane simba uye ane simba. Akave akakurumbira nekuda kwekushora kwake rusarura rwemadzinza uye rwepamutemo rwevaBengali muPakistan, avo vaive vazhinji vevagari venyika. Pakukwira kwemakakatanwa echikamu, akarondedzera chirongwa chematanho matanhatu uye akaiswa mutirongo nehutongi hwaField Marshal Ayub Khan nekuda kwekutengesa nyika. Mujib akatungamirira Awami League kukunda musarudzo dzokutanga dzedemokrasi dzePakistan muna 1970. Pasinei zvapo nokuwana vazhinjisa, Sangano reMubatanidzwa harina kukokwa nehurumende yechiuto yaitonga kuumba hurumende. Sezvo kusateerera kwevanhu kwakaputika muEast Pakistan, Mujib akazivisa zvisina kunanga kuzvimiririra kweBangladesh panguva yekutaura kwakakosha musi wa7 Kurume 1971. Musi wa 26 Kurume 1971, Mauto ePakistan akapindura kuratidzira kukuru neOperation Searchlight, umo Prime Minister Mujib akasarudzwa akasungwa ndokuendeswa nendege kunovharirwa ega muWest Pakistan, nepo vagari vemuBengali, vadzidzi, vakadzidza, vezvematongerwo enyika uye vakapanduka muchiuto vakaurayiwa sechikamu che Operation Searchlight.
Kuparadza rudzi kweBangladesh muna 1971. Muchiitiko chekusavapo kwaMujib, maBengali mazhinji akabatana neMukti Bahini uye nerubatsiro kubva kumauto eIndia, vakakunda mauto ePakistan panguva yeBangladesh Liberation War. Mushure mekusununguka kweBangladesh, Mujib akasunungurwa kubva muhusungwa hwePakistan nekuda kwekumanikidzwa kwenyika uye akadzokera kuDhaka muna Ndira 1972 mushure mekushanya kwenguva pfupi kuBritain neIndia.