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1897 Golam Mustafa, known as a 'poet of the Muslim Renaissance', was born in Monoharpur village in Shailkupa upazila in Jhenidah.
Google | Golam Mustafa Timeline | 1935 Syed Shamsul Haq (1935–2016), Bangladeshi poet, lyricist and writer, was born in Kurigram, Bengal Presidency, British India.
Google | Syed Shamsul Haq Timeline | 1948 Fazlur Rahman, the Bengali education minister of Pakistan, surprised everyone with his view that Bangla should be written in Arabic script at All-Pakistan conference for teachers.
Google | Bengali Language Movement Timeline | 1986 A passanger ferry Haisal was accidentally struck by a cargo ship in Dhaleswari river and killed 200 people.
Google | Maritime Accidents in Bangladesh Timeline | 2003 38th Bishwa Ijtema, the second largest Muslim gathering after Hajj, begins on the bank of Turag river in Tongi.
Google | Bishwa Ijtema Timeline | 2012 Sohrab Hossain, pioneer Nazrul Sangeet singer, died in Dhaka at age 91.
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