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1948 Mohammad Ali Jinnah dies and is succeeded by Khwaja Nazimuddin.
Google | Open Timeline | 1971 Altaf Mahmud, (1933-1971), musician, cultural activist, and martyred freedom fighter of the Bangladesh Liberation War, language activist of the Language Movement and composer of Amar Bhaier Rokte Rangano, was killed in Dhaka at age 37.
Google | Altaf Mahmud Timeline | 1996 Shanti Bahini guerrillas killed 30 Bengali-speaking settlers in the southeastern Chittagong Hill Tracts.
Google | Open Timeline | 2008 Tarique Rahman left for London for medical treatment at Wellington Hospital which would extend to a 17-year exile.
Google | Tarique Rahman Timeline | 2008 Khaleda Zia, BNP leader and former Bangladeshi prime minister, was released on bail from prison after spending a year on corruption charges.
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