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1876 Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay (1876-1938), novelist, was born in Debanandapur under Hughli district.
Google | Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay Timeline | 1947 Tamuddun Majlis (Cultural Society, an organization by scholars, writers and journalists oriented towards Islamic ideology) in a booklet titled 'State Language of Pakistan : Bengali or Urdu?' demands Bengali as one of the state language of Pakistan.
Google | Bengali Language Movement Timeline | 1947 Abul Kashem, the Secretary of the Tamuddun Majlis and a Professor of Physics in Dhaka University, was the first person to convene a literary meeting to discuss the State Language issue in the Fazlul Huq Muslim Hall of Dhaka University.
Google | Bengali Language Movement Timeline | 1966 Dhaka city became stagnant due to continuous rainfall for 52 hours, which resulted in pools of water 1.83m deep for about 12 hours.
Google | Natural Disasters in Bangladesh Timeline | 1979 The Ministry of Agriculture directed that the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI), Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI), and Bangladesh Forest Research Institute (BFRI) 'will henceforth process their schemes/projects through Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council (BARC) for scrutiny and approval before forwarding them to the Government'.
Google | Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council Timeline | 1996 Bangladesh Cricket team beat UAE by 104 runs to win the ACC Trophy final.
Google | Bangladesh Cricket Timeline | 2004 India and Bangladesh ended a two-day meeting in Dhaka without any breakthroughs on the sharing of water from common rivers.
Google | Bangladesh India Relations Timeline | 2006 Nitun Kundu, artist, entrepreneur, co-founder of OTOBI, freedom fighter and famed sculptor, died in Dhaka.
Google | Nitun Kundu Timeline | 2009 Ronald Joseph Garst, an American doctor, whose vision, dedication and passion shaped orthopedics in Bangladesh, died in Tennessee, USA.
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