BanglaCapsule | Bangladesh History on  Apr 17

1929 Nawab Bahadur Syed Nawab Ali Chowdhury, a politician, educationist, philanthropist, social reformer and first Muslim minister in the undivided Bengal, dies.
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1953 The Awami Muslim League becomes Awami League, reflecting its evolution into a more secular organization.
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1969 Abu Hossain Sarkar (1894-1969), lawyer, politician, chief minister of East Bengal (1955-56), died in Dhaka.
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1971 Mujibnagar Day - Mujibnagar government took oath in Baidyanathtala (now called Mujibnagar) in Meherpur District.
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1971 (General) Mohammad Ataul Ghani Osmany (1918-1984) was made the commander-in-chief of Bangladesh Armed Forces.
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1971 Formal declaration of independence of Bangladesh issued; Sheikh Mujibur Rahman named president.
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1971 Tajuddin Ahmad was appointed Prime Minister of Mujibnagar government.
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2001 Agricultural crops and around 800 houses were damaged to the storm and nor waster at different places of Gazipur, Kishoregonj and Sirajgong district.
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2011 Somoy Television (Somoy Media Limited), a 24-hour Bengali news based private satellite television channel in Bangladesh, officially went on-air.
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2013 The US Congress bestowed the country's top civilian award to Grameen Bank founder Muhammad Yunus thus making him the first Muslim and first Bangladeshi to be awarded the Congressional Gold Medal.
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2021 Kabori Sarwar (born Meena Pal), Bangladeshi film actress and politician, dies in Dhaka at age 70.
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