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1885 The railway connection opened to traffic between Dhaka and Narayangonj, a distance of 14.98 kilometers of what is now Bangladesh Railway.
Google | Bangladesh Railway Timeline | 1915 (Justice) Badruddin Ahmad Siddiky (1915-1991), an accomplished lawyer, Chief Justice of East Pakistan, a humanitarian activist, and diplomatic dignitary, was born in Dhaka.
Google | Badruddin Ahmad Siddiky Timeline | 1948 Chhatra League (now known as Bangladesh Chhatra League), oldest student political party and student wing of Bangladesh Awami League, was formed by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at Fazlul Huq Muslim Hall of Dhaka University.
Google | Bangladesh Chhatra League Timeline | 1959 Ahmed Ali Enayetpuri (1898-1959), social worker, politician, journalist and an Islamic scholar, died in the village of Enayetpur, Jessore.
Google | Ahmed Ali Enayetpuri Timeline | 1959 Kamini Kumar Dutta (1878-1959), a lawyer and politician, died.
Google | Kaminikumar Datta Timeline | 1969 Leaders of the East Pakistan Students Union (Menon Group), East Pakistan Students League, East Pakistan Students' Union (Matia Group) and a section of the National Students' Federation formed the Students' Action Committee (SAC) and declared their 11-point Programme that included the Six Points of Awami League as declared by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman including provincial autonomy, the demands centring round students' own demands as well as the demands relating to the problems of the workers.
Google | Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Timeline | 1972 Biman Bangladesh Airlines, the national airliner of Bangladesh was established as Air Bangladesh International.
Google | Bangladesh Biman Timeline | 2002 The Eleventh SAARC Summit was held on 4-6th January in Kathmandu, Nepal.
Google | SAARC Timeline | 2004 The Twelfth SAARC Summit was held on 4-6th January in Islamabad, Pakistan.
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