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1876 The Narayanganj Municipality was incorporated. Google | Narayanganj Timeline | 1892 Hussain Shaheed Suhrawardy, 1892–1963), Pakistani politician, fifth prime minister of Pakistan, prime minister of Bengal, pioneer of the Bengali civil rights movement in Bangladesh, was born in Midnapore, Bengal Presidency, British India. Google | Hussain Shaheed Suhrawardy Timeline | 1912 Kamruddin Ahmed (1912-1982), lawyer, politician, diplomat, and writer, was born in village Sholaghar in Sreenagar upazila of Munshiganj district. Google | Kamruddin Ahmed Timeline | 1955 The province of 'East Bengal' was renamed to 'East Pakistan'. Google | Bangladesh Timeline | 1960 Dhaka Radio station was moved from Nazimuddin Road, old Dhaka to a modern office in Shahbag with six professional studios and renamed to Radio Pakistan. Google | Bangladesh Betar Timeline | 2002 Authorities closed Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) indefinitely following weeks of student unrest. Google | Bangladesh Timeline | 2007 Hundreds of colleges reopened in Bangladesh, two weeks after military-backed government shut them down to quell nationwide student unrest. Google | Political Crisis in Bangladesh Timeline |