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1937 Anisuzzaman (1937–2020), Bangladeshi academic of Bengali literature and National Professor of Bangladesh, was born in Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India. He was an activist who took part in the Language Movement (1952), participated in Mass Uprising (1969), and took part in the War of Liberation (1971).
Google | Abu Tayyab Muhammad Anisuzzaman Timeline | 1969 Dr Mohammad Shamsuzzoha, Proctor of the Rajshahi University, was killed by a bullet fired by the Pakistani military while he was performing his duty.
Google | Mohammad Shamsuzzoha Timeline | 1972 The Bangladesh Women's Rehabilitation Board (subsequently to become the Women's Rehabilitation and Welfare Foundation) was formed as a semi-autonomous organisation affiliated with the Ministry of Social Welfare.
Google | Bangladesh Women's Rehabilitation Board Timeline | 1976 The government grants Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam the citizenship of Bangladesh.
Google | Kazi Nazrul Islam Timeline | 1978 Muhammad Ali, the greatest heavyweight boxer, came to Bangladesh along with his wife for a five-day visit.
Google | Bangladesh Sports Timeline | 1979 Ziaur Rahman's Bangladesh Nationalist Party wins 207 out of 300 seats in parliamentary election.
Google | Elections in Bangladesh Timeline | 1983 Over 2,000 people, mostly Muslims of Bangladeshi origin, are massacred in Assam, India, during the Assam agitation.
Google | Bangladesh India Relations Timeline | 2007 Muhammad Yunus announced the foundation of a new party tentatively called Citizens' Power (Nagorik Shakti). There was speculation that the army supported a move by Yunus into politics.
Google | Muhammad Yunus Timeline | 2015 Bangladesh wins first ever One Day International (ODI) Cricket match against Afghanistan.
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