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1952 In a secret meeting called by the Awami League (AL) and attended by a number of communist front as well as other organizations, it is agreed that the language agitation can't be successfully carried by the students alone. To mobilize full political and student support, it is decided that the leadership of the movement should be assumed by the AL under Bhashani.
Google | Bengali Language Movement Timeline | 1972 Mohammad Zahirullah (1935–1972), known as Zahir Raihan, was a Bangladeshi novelist, writer and filmmaker, disappeared and presumed killed in Liberation War, in Dhaka.
Google | Zahir Raihan Timeline | 1985 9th National Export Fair starts at Sher-E-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka.
Google | Export Fair Timeline | 1994 Mohammad Hanif, an Awami League (AL) politician, was elected the Mayor of Dhaka in Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) election.
Google | Mohammad Hanif Timeline | 2005 In much of Bangladesh traffic ground to a halt and shops closed as a nationwide strike, protesting a deadly grenade attack on the main opposition party, entered a 2nd day.
Google | Terrorism in Bangladesh Timeline | 2009 45th Bishwa Ijtema, the second largest Muslim gathering after Hajj, begins on the bank of Turag river in Tongi.
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