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1936 Sir Fazle Hasan Abed (1936–2019), the founder and Chair Emeritus of BRAC, one of the largest non-governmental organizations in the world, was born in Baniachong (now Habiganj, Bangladesh), Bengal Presidency, British India.
Google | Fazle Hasan Abed Timeline | 1947 Hussain Shaheed Suhrawardy called a press conference in New Delhi to demand an undivided, independent Bengal. Suhrawardy made an impassioned plea for setting aside religious differences in order to create an independent, undivided, and sovereign Bengal.
Google | Hussain Shaheed Suhrawardy Timeline | 1952 Shorbodolio Kendrio Rashtrobhasha Kormi Porishod, or All-Party Central Language Action Committee, held a seminar at the Bar Association Hall. At the meeting delegates urged the government to release prisoners, relax restrictions on civil liberties and adopt Bangla as an official language.
Google | Bengali Language Movement Timeline | 1962 Abul Kashem Fazlul Huq, popularly known as Sher-e-Bangla (1873-1962), statesman, public leader and politician, died in Dhaka.
Google | Abul Kashem Fazlul Huq Timeline | 1965 Atomic Energy Centre Dhaka (AECD), first nuclear research centre of Bangladesh, was formally inaugurated in Dhaka.
Google | Nuclear power in Bangladesh Timeline | 1989 A hurricane in Bangladesh killed 500 people.
Google | Natural Disasters in Bangladesh Timeline | 1991 Zafar Iqbal (1950–1991), Bangladeshi actor and singer, died in Dhaka.
Google | Zafar Iqbal Timeline | 2005 Abdus Samad Azad (1922–2005), a diplomat, politician, former foreign minister and Bangladeshi independence hero dies in Dhaka.
Google | Abdus Samad Azad Timeline | 2010 Channel 1 went off air after the government ordered its closure for what officials said violation of the telecommunications law.
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