BanglaCapsule | Bangladesh History on  Mar 09

1929 Mohammed Zillur Rahman (1929-2013), 19th President of Bangladesh, senior leader of the Awami League, was born at Poirtala, Brahmanbaria.
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1949 The East Bengal authorities constituted a Language Committee whose basic responsibilities would be a simplification, standardisation and translation of certain technical terms in Bangla language.
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1971 Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani held a mammoth rally at Paltan Maydan extending his support to Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and asked Yahiya Khan to acknowledge the independence of Bangladesh.
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1971 Leftist forces of Bangla in exile formed the Bangladesh Jatiyo Mukti Songram Somonnoy Committee (Bangladesh National Freedom Struggle Organizing Committee) with Bhasani as the leader at Beleghata, Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal, India.
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1971 The Bangladesh government in exile formed the All Party Advisory Committee under Bhasani's leadership. The others involved were Moni Singh (Founder of the Communist Party of Bangladesh) and Muzaffar Ahmed (NAP), Monoranjan Dhar, Tajuddin Ahmed and Khondokar Mushtaq Ahmed.
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1996 Mercantile Insurance Company Limited (MICL) was incorporated as a public limited company under the companies act 1994.
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2001 19 people died and 69 injured in different road accidents at Tangail, Rajsahi, Gopalgonj, Noagaaon, Monsigonj, Avoynagar, Savar and Noakhali during the last three days of Eid holiday.
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2007 Rosy Afsari, noted film actress, died of kidney failure.
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2009 An army major general and a lieutenant colonel were killed when their helicopter crashed at Kalihati in Tangail district.
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2015 Mahmudullah Riyad becomes first ever Bangladeshi to score a World Cup century when he scored 103 aginst England, his maiden ODI hundred as well (ODI#3630).
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2023 Bangladesh wins first ever Twenty20 International (T20I) Cricket match against England.
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