BanglaCapsule | Bangladesh History on  Jan 12

1921 Abdul Ghani Hazari (1921-1976), poet and journalist, was born in the village of Nayagram in Pabna.
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1934 Surya Sen (alternatively Surjya Sen, pronounced Surjo Sen), a prominent Bengali freedom fighter, an Indian independence activist and the chief architect of anti-British freedom movement in Chittagong, Bengal (now in Bangladesh), was hung by British rulers in Chittagong.
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1971 Jahangirnagar University (JU) was formally inaugurated in Savar with 150 students in four departments — geography and environment, mathematics, statistics and economics.
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1972 The Governor House was renamed as Bangabhaban.
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1972 Bulgaria recognizes Bangladesh as an independent nation.
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1972 East Germany recognizes Bangladesh as an independent nation.
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1972 Poland acknowledges the independence of Bangladesh.
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1972 Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's resignation as President of the country was announced at the same ceremony and Mr. Justice Abu Sayeed Chowdhury was installed as President in Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's place.
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1972 Amidst thunderous cheers Bangabandhu Shiekh Mujibur Rahman was sworn in as the Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Bangladesh at a ceremony held at the Banga Bhaban.
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2001 Bangladesh national Football team plays first match ever with a non Asian team Bosnia and Herzegovina and lost 0-2 to the opponent.
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2002 Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Centre, conference centre constructed with the technical and financial co-operation of China situated at Sher-e-Banglanagar, Dhaka, officially opened.
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2004 Two persons are killed and 37 others sustain injuries during a bomb explosion at the shrine of Saint Shahjalal in Sylhet.
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2007 Dr. Fakhruddin Ahmed, a former Governor of the Bangladesh Bank, assumed the office of Chief Adviser to the non-party caretaker government after a consensus to that effect was arrived at between the two major political alliances.
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