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1964 Premankur Atarthi (1890-1964), novelist, journalist, and film director, died.
Google | Premankur Atarthi Timeline | 1971 Abdul Monem Khan (1899-1971), governor of erstwhile East Pakistan (28 October 1962 to 23 March 1969), a lawyer and a politician, died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital after being shot by some freedom fighters in his residence.
Google | Abdul Monem Khan Timeline | 2006 The Nobel Committee awarded Grameen Bank and its founder, Muhammad Yunus, the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize for their efforts to create economic and social development.
Google | Muhammad Yunus Timeline | 2007 Obaidul Haque, veteran journalist and former editor of the Bangladesh Observer, died in Dhaka at the age of 96.
Google | Obaidul Haque Timeline | 2007 The rear carriages of the Probhati Express derailed near Dhaka. Four people died and fifty were injured.
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