BanglaCapsule | Bangladesh History on  Apr 10

1775 Severe earthquake strikes Dhaka but no loss of life.
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1950 Jewel Aich, leading magician of Bangladesh, was born in Pirojpur, Barisal.
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1971 Mujibnagar Government, the government constituted at Mujibnagar to conduct the Bangladesh war of liberation, was formed. This government has also been known as Mujibnagar Government in-exile as the activities had been conducted from outside of the territory of Bangladesh.
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1971 The Provisional Government of Bangladesh issued the Proclamation of Independence which served as the interim first Constitution of Bangladesh.
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1971 Syed Nazrul Islam became the acting president of Bangladesh.
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1973 Justice Abu Sayeed Choudhury was elected the President of Bangladesh for the second time.
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1993 The Seventh SAARC Summit was held on 10-11th April in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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2001 In Dhaka a general strike for the resignation of prime minister Sheikh Hasina left 3 people dead after supporters and opponents clashed with guns and homemade bombs.
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2008 James Francis Moriarty, newly-appointed US Ambassador to Bangladesh arrived; the post was vacated by Patricia Butenis.
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2013 Binod Bihari Chowdhury, a leader of the anti-British movement and a close associate of the celebrated revolutionary Mastarda Surya Sen, died at age 103.
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2013 About 30 people were feared drowned after an overcrowded bus plunged into a deep river in Barisal.
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2016 Dhaka Central Jail at Keraniganj, developed on 31 acres at Tagharia Union's Dakshin Rajendrapur and about 12 km from the overcrowded Dhaka Central Jail in Old Dhaka, was inaugurated by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
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