BanglaCapsule | Bangladesh History on  Mar 23

1881 Hakim Habibur Rahman (1881-1947), Unani physician, litterateur, journalist, politician, was born in Chhota Katara mahalla of Dhaka city.
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1892 Srikumar Bandyopadhyay (1892-1970), educationist and literary critic, was born in the village of Hatia in Birbhum district, West Bengal.
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1920 Golam Mowla, pioneer of insurance, first Managing Director of Shadharan Bima Corporation, was born.
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1940 A conference of the All-India Muslim League, meeting in Lahore, adopts a resolution calling for the creation of independent states for Muslims in the subcontinent.
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1956 A constitution for the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, first constitution of undivided Pakistan, was adopted by the Constituent Assembly. Bangla and Urdu are declared state languages.
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1969 Mirza Nurul Huda (1919-1991), educationist, agricultural economist and a political personage, was appointed Governor of East Pakistan.
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1971 Three days before Bangladesh was declared an independent state, Dacca Television began displaying the flag of Bangladesh and playing the Bangladeshi national anthem, Amar Sonar Bangla, rather than the Pakistani flag and national anthem.
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1971 Pakistan People's Party (PPP) chief Z. A. Bhutto said at a press conference that he was satisfied with his talks with Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in Dhaka and that he looked forward to more talks.
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1971 Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman hoisted the flag for the first time of independent Bangladesh at his residence, 32 Dhanmondi R/A, Dhaka.
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1974 The High Court ruled that no further property that were abandoned during the liberation was could be enlisted as Vested Property.
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1979 University Officers Training Corps, Bangladesh Cadet Corps and Junior Cadet Corps were all merged by a government order to form Bangladesh National Cadet Corps.
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2005 The country's second and biggest flyover at the busy Khilgaon road-rail intersection in the capital opens. The 1.9-kilometre-long and 14-metre wide flyover was constructed at a cost of Tk 81.75 crore.
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2019 Shahnaz Rahmatullah (1952–2019), a Bangladeshi singer, dies in Dhaka at age 67.
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