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1787 Mymensingh, one of the 16 old districts of Bangladesh, was established by the British East India Company.
Google | Mymensingh Timeline | 1854 Sir Frederick James Halliday was appointed the first Lieutenant Governor of Bengal by the Governor General of India.
Google | Sir Frederick James Halliday Timeline | 1858 Sir Salimullah Medical College and Mitford Hospital, the oldest hospital in the country and also one of the earliest hospitals in this subcontinent, was established in Dhaka.
Google | Sir Salimullah Medical College Timeline | 1909 Saidur Rahman (1909-1987), educationist, philosopher, was born in the village of Rasullabad in Nabinagar upazila, Brahmanbaria.
Google | Saidur Rahman Timeline | 1920 Shamsul Huda Chaudhury (1920-2000), Speaker of Jatiya Sangsad, was born in Sufi, Birbhum district of West Bengal.
Google | Shamsul Huda Chaudhury Timeline | 1921 Abdul Matin Chowdhury (1921-1981), scientist, educationist, Vice Chancellor of Dhaka University, was born in the village Nandanpur under Lakshmipur district.
Google | Abdul Matin Chowdhury Timeline | 1931 Shah AMS Kibria (1931-2005), prominent Awami League (AL) politician, economist and diplomat,
Google | Shah AMS Kibria Timeline | 2007 Three near-simultaneous bombs rocked three divisional railway stations in Dhaka, Chittagong and Sylhet leaving a person injured. An Islamic militant outfit Jadid al-Qaeda Bangladesh claimed the responsibility for the blasts demanding end of activities of NGOs and Quadiani Muslim community in Bangladesh.
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