One of the most popular and authoritative french encyclopedia named 'Le Petit Larousse' writes in the chronological history of Bangladesh "1975 : devenu président de la République, M. Rahman est renversé et tué lors d'un putsch dirigé par Zia ur-Rahman." If you literally translate it into english in Google Translate it says "1975 : became President of the Republic, Mr. Rahman was overthrown and killed in a coup led by Zia ur-Rahman." Here is a screenshot of the article the electronic version of the encyclopedia,below.