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1922 Dhumketu, a bi-weekly Bangla paper edited by the rebel poet Kazi Nazrul Islam, commenced publication. Google | Kazi Nazrul Islam Timeline | 1931 Salimullah Muslim Hall was inaugurated as a university hall for the students of Dhaka University. Google | Dhaka University Timeline | 1972 Ora Egaro Jon, first film about Bangladesh Liberation War, was released. Google | Cinema of Bangladesh Timeline | 1977 The newly constructed 100 foot long Farmgate overbridge on the Airport road was formally opened to the pedestrians. Google | Farmgate Timeline | 2004 Humayun Azad, prolific Bangladeshi author and scholar, was found dead in his apartment in Munich, Germany, where he had moved just a week prior to conduct research on the nineteenth century German romantic poet Heinrich Heine. Google | Humayun Azad Timeline |