BanglaCapsule | Bangladesh History on  Nov 03

1897 Abul Kalam Shamsuddin (1897-1978), journalist and litterateur, was born in Trishal in Mymensingh district.
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1914 Justice Debesh Bhattacharya, founder-president of Bangladesh Enemy Property Act Repeal Committee, was born in a zamindar family of Ellenga, Tangail.
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1949 Notre Dame College, a catholic higher secondary and degree level educational institution founded and managed by the priests of the Congregation of Holy Cross located in Dhaka, was established.
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1973 Arifa Parvin Moushumi (screen name Moushumi), Bangladeshi film actress and director, was born in Khulna.
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1975 Muhammad Mansur Ali (1917–1975), Bangladeshi politician, senior leader of the Awami League, former Prime Minister of Bangladesh, died when he was murdered while incarcerated in the Dhaka Central Jail.
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1975 Syed Nazrul Islam (1925-1975), lawyer, politician and the acting President of the Provisional Government of Bangladesh at Mujibnagar, was brutally killed inside Dhaka Central Jail.
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1975 Tajuddin Ahmad (1925-1975), lawyer, politician, and the first Prime Minister of Bangladesh, was brutally killed inside Dhaka Central Jail.
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1975 Ziaur Rahman was placed under house arrest and his position was taken by Musharraf, who had himself promoted to major-general.
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1977 Muhammad Qudrat-i-Khuda (1900-1977), scientist, educationist and writer, died in Dhaka.
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1978 Abul Kalam Shamsuddin, journalist, politician and littérateur, died.
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2001 Prime Minister Khaleda Zia directs the Home Ministry to take necessary steps to combat terrorism across the country.
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2008 Interim government relaxes emergency rules to allow party meetings and rallies ahead of parliamentary election.
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2017 Abdur Rahman Biswas (1926-2017), president of Bangladesh (1991-1996), died in Dhaka at age 91.
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2019 Bangladesh wins first ever Twenty20 International (T20I) Cricket match against India.
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