1970 Jahangirnagar University (JU), initially named Jahangirnagar Muslim University was established on 20 August 1970Google | Education in Bangladesh Timeline1971 Flight Lieutenant Matiur Rahman attempts to defect by hijacking a fighter from Pakistan to join Bangladesh Liberation War.Google | Bangladesh Liberation War Timeline1976 Narayanganj Theatre, a theatre group, was established in Narayanganj to produce original plays to uphold the image of the War of Liberation.Google | Theatre in Bangladesh Timeline1979 Twenty Taka note was first issued as a currency of Bangladesh.Google | Bangladeshi Taka Timeline1986 (Maulana) Abdur Rashid Tarkabagish (1900-1986), politician and parliamentarian, died in Dhaka.Google | Maulana Abdur Rashid Tarkabagish Timeline1994 More than 200 people were believed to have drowned when a crowded ferry named M. V. Dinar sank in the Meghna River at Chandpur, about 65 miles south of DhakaGoogle | Maritime Accidents in Bangladesh Timeline2002 The swollen Jamuna River broke through its mud embankments, flooding a dozen villages and cutting off thousands of residents.Google | Natural Disasters in Bangladesh Timeline2005 Bangladesh was hit by a nationwide strike called by the opposition to protest a wave of bombings earlier in the week linked to an Islamic extremist group.Google | Political Crisis in Bangladesh Timeline2008 Bangladesh prosecutors formally lodged new charges against ex-premier Sheikh Hasina Wajed over her alleged role in a 130 million dollar defense deal with Russia.Google | Shaikh Hasina Timeline