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1954 Jibanananda Das (1899-1954), a major Bangla poet and educationist, passed away in a tram accident in Kolkata. Google | Jibanananda Das Timeline | 1955 The Opposition Awami (People's League), the largest of eight Moslem political parties in East Pakistan's Provincial Assembly, extended membership today to non-Moslems. Google | Politics of Bangladesh Timeline | 1964 Khwaja Nazimuddin (1894-1964), politician, Prime Minister of undivided Bengal and Governor General and Prime Minister of Pakistan, died. Google | Khawaja Nazimuddin Timeline | 1983 Surma Theatre, a theatre group, was established in Sylhet to uphold our folk heritage and the music, culture, heritage and life-style of the people of Surma Valley. Google | Theatre in Bangladesh Timeline | 2009 The government banned all kinds of activities of Hizb ut-Tahrir Bangladesh in the interests of public security; Hizb ut-Tahrir is an international Islamist political party founded in Jerusalem in 1953. Google | Hizb ut-Tahrir Bangladesh Timeline |