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1930 Earthquake known as Dhubri earthquake occurred with a magnitude of 7.1 and the epicentre at Dhubri, Assam. The earthquake caused major damage in the eastern parts of Rangpur district. Google | Natural Disasters in Bangladesh Timeline | 1934 An earhquake occured with a magnitude of 7.1 and the epicentre at Dhubri of Assam, India. The earthquake caused considerable damages in greater Rangpur district of Bangladesh. Google | Not Tagged Timeline | 1969 Muhammad Shahidullah (1885-69), educationist, writer and philologist, died in Dhaka. Google | Muhammad Shahidullah Timeline | 1991 Dolly Anwar (1948-1991), Bangladeshi stage, television and film actress and writer and editor of Saatdin magazine, dies in Dhaka. Google | Dolly Anwar Timeline | 2003 Private satellite channel NTV was launched with modern technical support and the trained crew which earned the channel immediate popularity. Google | NTV Timeline | 2004 Awami League enforced dawn-to-dusk countrywide hartal protesting recent rigging in by-polls in Dhaka, bomb blast at a meeting of Suranjit Sengupta in Sunamganj, murder of a Khulna editor and killing of policemen by Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal. Google | Not Tagged Timeline | 2006 Birth and Death Registration Act, 2004 which require every individual born in Bangladesh and Bangladeshi Citizen born outside to undergo birth registration process went into effect. Google | Not Tagged Timeline | 2008 The anti-Corruption Commission brings new graft charges against Khaleda for embezzling money from an orphanage. Google | Not Tagged Timeline | 2009 Alauddin Al Azad, poet, writer, professor and a language movement hero, died at his Uttara residence in Dhaka at the age of 78. Google | Alauddin Al Azad Timeline |