BanglaCapsule | Bangladesh History on  Feb 03

1838 Jashore Zilla School, government school located at Jashore city in Jashore district, was established. It is one of the oldest schools in the entire Bengal including Jashore district.
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1838 Jessore Zilla School, one of the oldest schools of the greater Jessore district, was established but named Jessore Zilla School in 1872.
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1923 Ahmadul Kabir (1923-2003), entrepreneur, journalist and politician, was born in Ghorashal of Palash upazila of Narshingdi district.
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1952 A broad-based All-Party Committee of Action (APCA) holds a protest meeting in Dhaka against the move to dominate the majority province of East Bengal linguistically and culturally. The provincial chief of Awami League, Maulana Bhashani addresses the meeting. On the suggestion of Abul Hashim it decides to hold a general strike on February 21, 1952 when the East Bengal Assembly is due to meet for its budget session.
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1972 Austria recognizes Bangladesh as an independent nation.
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1972 Britain recognizes Bangladesh as an independent nation.
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1972 Denmark recognizes Bangladesh as an independent nation.
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1972 Finland recognizes Bangladesh as an independent nation.
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1972 West Germany recognizes Bangladesh as an independent nation.
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1972 Iceland recognizes Bangladesh as an independent nation.
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1972 Ireland recognizes Bangladesh as an independent nation.
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1972 Israel recognizes Bangladesh as an independent nation. However, the Bangladesh Government officially rejected the recognition.
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1972 Norway recognizes Bangladesh as an independent nation.
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1972 Sweden recognizes Bangladesh as an independent nation.
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1987 Mother Theresa, a humanitarian and advocate for the poor and helpless, Noble Peace Prize winner Albanian Roman Catholic nun, arrives in Dhaka for a visit.
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2008 Saifuddin Ahmed Manik, a liberation war veteran and one of the doyens of the country's politics, died in Dhaka at age 69.
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