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1859 George Nathaniel Curzon commonly known as Lord Curzon (1859-1925), Governor General and Viceroy of India (1899-1905), was born. Google | George Nathaniel Curzon Timeline | 1921 Nilima Ibrahim, educationist, littérateur and social worker, was born. Google | Nilima Ibrahim Timeline | 1942 Anjuman Ara Begum, eminent singer and Ekushey Padak winner, was born in Bogra. Google | Anjuman Ara Begum Timeline | 1970 The Bangla weekly Banglar Bani was first published with Sheikh Fazlul Haq Mani as its editor. Google | Sheikh Fazlul Haq Mani Timeline | 1972 East Pakistan officially changed its name to Bangladesh after becoming an independent nation. Google | Bangladesh Liberation War Timeline | 2003 The death toll from Bangladesh’’’s coldest winter in six years reached 489. Google | Natural Disasters in Bangladesh Timeline | 2003 Armed Forces are withdrawn from Operation Clean Heart. 24,023 Army personnel, 339 Naval troops, and a large number of the paramilitary Bangladesh Rifles (BDR), police and Ansars participated in the operation. 11,280 people, including 2,482 listed criminals/terrorists are arrested and 2,028 weapons and 29,754 ammunition rounds recovered in the Army-led drive. Google | Terrorism in Bangladesh Timeline | 2007 President and Chief Adviser of the Caretaker Government Iajuddin declared State of Emergency and nighttime curfew across the country to avert escalating pre-election political crisis. Google | Politics of Bangladesh Timeline | 2007 President Iajuddin Ahmed resigned from the post of Chief Adviser to the caretaker government after declaring a state of emergency in the country. Google | Politics of Bangladesh Timeline | 2015 Chashi Nazrul Islam, eminent film director and producer, dies at the age of 73 in Dhaka. Google | Chashi Nazrul Islam Timeline |