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1838 Bankimchandra Chattopadhyay (1838-1894), writer, journalist, government officer, was born in the village of Kanthalpara in the district of 24-Parganas. Google | Bankimchandra Chattopadhyay Timeline | 1982 M.C. College in Sylhet was founded by Raja Girish Chandra Roy. The college was named after his maternal great-grandfather, Murari Chand, and began with 18 students and four teachers. Google | Education in Bangladesh Timeline | 1998 An Air Parabat flight from Ishwardi airport crash-landed on its belly in a field near Savar due to some problems in the two-engine Walter M-601E plane. Five crew and two passengers on board escaped unhurt. Google | Aviation Accidents in Bangladesh Timeline | 2004 Humayun Kabir Balu, Dainik Janmabhumi Editor and president of Khulna Press Club, was killed and his elder son injured in a bomb attack apparently by a leftist extremist posing as a peanut vendor in southwestern Khulna City. Google | Humayun Kabir Balu Timeline | 2004 Justice Mainur Reza Chowdhury, former Chief Justice of Bangladesh passed away. Google | Mainur Reza Chowdhury Timeline | 2008 Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw, the former Indian army chief who led his country to victory against Pakistan in 1971 that helped Bangladesh achieve independence has died at the age of 94 in Tamil Nadu. Google | Sam Manekshaw Timeline |