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1906 Abdus Sattar (1906-1985), Bangladeshi statesman, a leader of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), he served as the president of Bangladesh from 1981 to 1982, and earlier as the vice president, former cabinet minister, Supreme Court judge, and chief election commissioner of Pakistan, was born in Birbhum, Bengal Presidency, British India. Google | Abdus Sattar Timeline | 1907 Mohammad Waliullah (1907-1978), journalist and writer, was born in Bauria village of Sandwip upazila, Chittagong. Google | Mohammad Waliullah Timeline | 1960 BAF Shaheen College Dhaka situated in Dhaka Cantonment, also known as Dhaka Shaheen or BAFSD was established as Shaheen School. Google | Education in Bangladesh Timeline | 1971 Sheikh Mujibur Rahman gives call for 'total non-cooperation' with the Pakistan government. Google | Bangladesh Liberation War Timeline | 1971 Shirajul Alam Khan (the man with the idea), ASM Rab and Shajahan Shiraj of Chhatra (Student) League believed that only an armed revolution to create an independent socialist Bangladesh was the way. They demanded the indepndence of Bangladesh right away. Google | Bangladesh Liberation War Timeline | 1971 General Agha Mohammad Yahya Khan, President of Pakistan, announced the postponement of the scheduled session of the newly elected National Assembly for an indefinite period. Google | Bangladesh Liberation War Timeline | 1972 Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Prime Minister of Bangladesh, arrived in Moscow by air today at the head of a political and economic delegation and promptly plunged into talks with Premier Aleksei N. Kosygin on future relations between the two countries. Google | Bangladesh Russia Relations Timeline | 1974 First population census of Bangladesh reports population count of 7,63,98,000. Google | Bangladesh Census Timeline | 1976 Fifty Taka note was first issued as a currency of Bangladesh. Google | Bangladeshi Taka Timeline | 1984 Pirojpur was made into a district (Zilla) with 7 subdistricts - Pirojpur Sadar, Bhandaria, Mathbaria, Nazirpur, Nesarabad (Swarupkati), Kawkhali and Zianagar. Google | Pirojpur Timeline | 2008 Mohammad Rafique became the first Bangladeshi cricket player to complete the double of 100 wickets and 1,000 runs in One-Day International (ODI) and Test cricket. Google | Mohammad Rafique Timeline |