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1864 Sir Philip Joseph Hartog (1864-1947), the first Vice Chancellor of the University of Dhaka, was born in London. Google | Dhaka University Timeline | 1898 Mohammad Barkatullah (1898-1974), essayist and prose writer, was born in Ghorasal in Pabna. Google | Mohammad Barkatullah Timeline | 1912 Eastern Bengal and Assam Muslim League (EBAML) and the West Bengal Muslim League (WBML) were amalgamated into the Bengal Provincial Muslim League (BPML) as the provincial branch of the India Muslim League (AIML) following the annulment of the Partition of Bengal. Google | Bangladesh India Relations Timeline | 1935 Golam Mustafa (1935-2003), performing artist mainly in the branches of theatre, cinema and poetry recitation, was born in Khulna district. Google | Golam Mustafa Timeline | 1971 First flag of Bangladesh was raised at Dhaka University's Student Union. Google | Bangladesh Liberation War Timeline | 1971 Curfew was clamped in Dhaka from 8 am to 7 pm. However, the indomitable Bangalees took to the streets. Many were gunned down by the Pakistani troops. Google | Bangladesh Liberation War Timeline | 1994 Bishuddhananda Mahathera (1909-1994), Buddhist scholar and social worker, died in Chittagong. Google | Bishuddhananda Mahathera Timeline | 2001 Thousands of houses were burnt to ashes at Bainkhola slum near the riverbank of Mirpur section no 01. Google | Fire in Bangladesh Timeline | 2001 7 people died and 20 injured when two trucks made head to head collision near the west side of Bangabandhu bridge. Google | Road and Railway Accidents in Bangladesh Timeline | 2006 Shaikh Abdur Rahman of banned Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), surrendered to RAB and other law enforcers at around 7:06AM making the end of 34-hour suspense in Sylhet. Google | Terrorism in Bangladesh Timeline | 2007 Bangladesh Football League (BFL), previously known as Bangladesh Premier League, country's first professional national football league, was founded. Google | Bangladesh Football Timeline | 2011 Muhammad Yunus, the man who brought a Nobel Prize for Bangladesh, and the most celebrated living Bangladeshi around the globe, was unceremoniously relieved of his duties as the managing director at Grameen Bank through a Bangladesh Bank letter. Google | Muhammad Yunus Timeline |