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1871 Nawab Sir Khwaja Salimullah Bahadur (1871-1915), the fourth Nawab of Dhaka, politician and founder of All India Muslim League, was born in Ahsan Manzil, Dhaka, British India.
Google | Khwaja Salimullah Timeline | 1954 Orient Airways started DC-3 flights from Karachi to Dhaka, forming a critical connection between the capitals of geographically separated East and West Pakistan.
Google | Aviation History in Bangladesh Timeline | 1966 A complete general strike (hartal) was held in the East Pakistan demanding release of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and other leaders detained for launching the six-point movement for independence. Hundreds were injured in police firing and hundreds were arrested.
Google | Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Timeline | 1966 Eleven people including Monu Mia, Shafiq and Shamsul Haq, were gunned down during a general strike (hartal) demanding release of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and other leaders detained for launching the six-point movement for independence.
Google | Bangladesh Liberation War Timeline | 1969 Sheikh Mujibur Rahman addresses a huge public rally at the Race Course Ground (Shurwardi Udyan) in support of the 6 point demand.
Google | Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Timeline | 1973 Ferdous Ahmed, Bangladeshi film actor, was born in Titash, Comilla.
Google | Ferdous Ahmed Timeline | 1974 The Bangladesh Times, the English daily, was launched with Sheikh Fazlul Haq Mani as its editor.
Google | Sheikh Fazlul Haq Mani Timeline | 1975 Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League (BAKSAL), the only legally recognised party of Bangladesh founded following the Fourth Amendment to the constitution of Bangladesh.
Google | Open Timeline | 1988 The Constitution (Eighth Amendment) Act 1988 was passed which declared Islam as the state religion, decentralized the judiciary by setting up six permanent benches of the High Court Division outside Dhaka, amended the word 'Bengali' into 'Bangla' and 'Dacca' into 'Dhaka' and prohibited acceptance of any title, honours, award or decoration from any foreign state by any citizen of Bangladesh without the prior approval of the president.
Google | Constitution of Bangladesh Timeline | 1991 Joint Task Force Sea Angel ends relief operations in Bangladesh after Cyclone Marian.
Google | Not Tagged Timeline | 2007 Finance and Planning Adviser Mirza Azizul Islam announced the national budget. This is the first-ever national budget announced by a caretaker government over all public and private radio stations and television channels in the history of the country as there is no parliament now.
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