BanglaCapsule | Bangladesh History on  Jan 16

1915 Nawab Sir Khwaja Salimullah Bahadur (1871-1915), the fourth Nawab of Dhaka, politician and founder of All India Muslim League, died in Calcutta, British India.
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1917 Muhammad Mansur Ali (1917–1975), Bangladeshi politician, senior leader of the Awami League, former Prime Minister of Bangladesh, was born in Kazipur, Sirajganj, Bengal, British India.
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1919 MA Rashid (1919-1981), a pioneer of engineering education in Bangladesh and the first vice chancellor of the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), was born at village Bogadubi of Habiganj district.
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1926 (Lord) Carmichael, the first Governor of Bengal (1912-1917), died.
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1938 Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay (1876-1938), novelist, passed away in Kolkata.
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1972 Nepal acknowledges the independence of Bangladesh.
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2013 Gazipur City Corporation was formally declared as the eleventh City Corporation of the country.
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2025 Former Home Minister Lutfozzaman Babar, who was accused in the 2004 arms and ammunition haul case, is released from prison after serving 17 and half years.
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