BanglaCapsule | Bangladesh History on  Nov 17

1931 Haraprasad Shastri (1853-1931), famous orientalist, Sanskrit scholar, died.
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1952 Runa Laila, Bangladeshi singer, widely regarded as one of the popular singers in South Asia was born in Sylhet, East Bengal.
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1974 Leftists Kazi Zafar Ahmed and Rashed Khan Menon formed the United People's Party (UPP).
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1976 Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhasani (1880-1976), religious personality and politician, died in Dhaka.
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1983 The Bangladesh National Museum was accorded the status of the national museum of Bangladesh and shifted to its present site at Shahbag.
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1993 Bangladesh Army, in league with the Bengali settlers, massacres 29 tribals in Namiachar, Rangamati district.
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1999 The decision to observe 21st February as the International Mother Language Day was unanimously taken at the 30th General Conference of the UNESCO.
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2001 Bareen Majumder, a noted musician and one of the pioneers in promoting classical music and founder of the first music college in the country, died.
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2019 In Bangladesh at least seven people were killed and eight injured after a gas pipeline exploded in the port city of Chittagong.
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