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1947 Muslim League leaders announce in Hyderabad, India, that Urdu will become state language for the still to be formed Pakistan.
Google | Bengali Language Movement Timeline | 1951 The Sangbad, Bangla daily newspaper, was first published with Khairul Kabir as the editor.
Google | Timeline | 1954 Bulbul Chowdhury (1919-1954), dancer and writer, died in Calcutta.
Google | Bulbul Chowdhury Timeline | 1955 Bulbul Lalitakala Academy (a.k.a. Bulbul Academy for Fine Arts), an institution of fine arts, was established in Dhaka commemorating Bulbul Chowdhury and his role in popularising dance among conservative Bengali Muslims.
Google | Bulbul Lalitakala Academy Timeline | 1978 Tokai, the longest survived cartoon character of Bangladesh, a creation of Rafiqun Nabi or Ranabi, was started in the year-beginning issue of Saptahik Bichitra (a weekly magazine).
Google | Timeline | 1981 Sheikh Hasina Wajed, chief of Bangladesh Awami League and eldest daughter of late President of Bangladesh and the then AL chief Sheikh Mujibur Rahman arrived in Dhaka after living in exile in New Delhi with her husband Dr. Wajed and two children for nearly six years.
Google | Sheikh Hasina Timeline | 1998 Bangladesh wins their first ever One-Day International Cricket match in a game against Kenya in Hyderabad, India (ODI#1329).
Google | Bangladesh Cricket Timeline | 2005 Passanger launch M.L. Raipura caught in a storm and capsised in the river Jamuna near Aricha with more than 300 passengers on board; at least 100 passengers lost their lives.
Google | Ferry Accidents in Bangladesh Timeline | 2008 Anwar Choudhury, the first Bangladeshi-born British high commissioner, left Dhaka ending his four-year stint as British high commissioner to Bangladesh.
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