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1918 Shawkat Ali, politician and a leader of the Bengali Language Movement, one of the founders of Awami Muslim League which would later become Bangladesh Awami League, was born in Gandaria, Dhaka, East Bengal.
Google | Shawkat Ali Timeline | 1937 Dr. Kamal Hossain, a notable Bangladeshi politician, statesman, lawyer and a principal authors of the Constitution of Bangladesh, was born.
Google | Dr. Kamal Hossain Timeline | 1986 The Atlas Star, a double-decker ferry, sank in Shitalakshya river when a cyclone struck it killing 200 people.
Google | Maritime Accidents in Bangladesh Timeline | 2001 A devastating fire burnt 2000 houses at Vitorbaria village of Baliadangi Upazila of Thakorgaon district. Estimated loss 1 corer taka.
Google | Fire in Bangladesh Timeline | 2006 The Awami League-led 14-party opposition alliance enforces a dawn-to-dusk hartal across the country protesting killings in Kansat by police during villagers' demonstration demanding uninterrupted power supply.
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