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1939 Saifuddin Ahmed Manik, a liberation war veteran and one of the doyens of the country's politics, was born in Jalpaiguri in India. Google | Saifuddin Ahmed Manik Timeline | 1973 Manabendra Larma forms a new political party, Chittagong Hill Tracts Solidarity Party (CHTSP), to champion the cause of regional autonomy. Google | Politics of Bangladesh Timeline | 1981 Abdul Matin Chowdhury (1921-1981), scientist, educationist, Vice Chancellor of Dhaka University, died in Dhaka. Google | Abdul Matin Chowdhury Timeline | 1999 Major General Mahmudur Rahman Choudhury, eminent medical scientist and physician of Bangladesh, died. Google | Mahmudur Rahman Choudhury Timeline | 2000 At least 13 people were killed and 20 injured in landslide incidents on the Chittagong University campus and other parts of Chittagong City. Google | Not Tagged Timeline | 2007 Bangladesh government announced plans to build a nuclear power plant to meet electricity shortages. Google | Nuclear Power in Bangladesh Timeline |