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Historical Events
Events 1 - 52 of 52
1952-02-21 - Bangladesh Martyrs Day (martyrs of Bengali Language Movement)
1963-05-28 - Cyclone hits Chittagong, Bangladesh; about 1 million houses destroyed
1965-05-11 - Bangladesh windstorm kills 17,000
1965-12-15 - 3rd cyclone of year kills 15,000 at the mouths of the Ganges River in Bangladesh
1970-11-12 - 240 KPH cyclone hits East Pakistan (Bangladesh); 3-500,000 die
1970-11-13 - Cyclone kills estimated 300,000 in Chittagong Bangladesh
1971-03-26 - Bangladesh (East Pakistan) declares its independence
1971-04-17 - People's Republic Bangladesh forms, under sheik Mujib ur-Rahman
1971-07-30 - George Harrison releases "Bangladesh"
1971-08-01 - Bangladesh refugee concert with George Harrison
1971-08-01 - George Harrison's concert for Bangladesh takes place in NYC
1971-12-16 - Bangladesh (East Pakistan) declares independence from Pakistan
1971-12-17 - Radio Bangladesh begins transmitting
1972-01-10 - Triple album set "Concert for Bangladesh" released in UK
1972-01-11 - East-Pakistan becomes independent state of Bangladesh
1972-03-19 - India & Bangladesh sign friendship treaty
1972-04-19 - Bangladesh becomes a member of British Commonwealth
1972-11-04 - Bangladesh adopts constitution
1972-12-16 - Bangladesh Constitution goes into effect
1973-03-07 - Sheik Mujib ur-Rahman's Awami League wins election in Bangladesh
1973-07-25 - George Harrison pays £1,000,000 tax on his Bangladesh concert & album
1974-02-24 - Pakistan officially recognizes Bangladesh
1974-08-15 - Hurricane/floods ravage Bangladesh, 4,000 killed
1975-08-15 - Bangladesh military coup under Khondakar Moustaque Ahmed
1975-09-01 - All political parties forbidden in Bangladesh
1976-12-01 - Bangladesh General Ziaur Rahman declares himself president
1977-04-21 - Zia ur-Rahman appointed president of Bangladesh
1979-02-18 - Pres Zia ur-Rahmans National Party wins elections in Bangladesh
1981-05-30 - Bangladesh Pres Ziaur Rahman is shot by group of rebel officers
1985-05-24 - -25) cyclone hits Bangladesh; about 10,000 die
1985-05-25 - Cyclone ravages Bangladesh; 11,000 killed
1986-04-14 - Double-decker ferry sinks in stormy weather in Bangladesh killing 200
1986-05-25 - Ferry boat Shamia sinks on Maghna River Bangladesh, 600 killed
1986-11-10 - Bangladesh Constitution restored
1987-08-23 - Violent rainfall/floods in Bangladesh, kills 100s
1988-11-30 - Cyclone lashes Bangladesh, Eastern India; 317 killed
1988-12-01 - 596 dead after cyclone hits Bangladesh, half a million homeless
1989-04-27 - Hurricane in Bangladesh, kills 500
1991-04-29 - Cyclone strikes Bangladesh, 139,000 die/10 million homeless
1991-04-30 - In Bangladesh a cyclone killed over 131,000 & left 9 million homeless
1992-06-23 - "Tin Bigha Day" protest in India of corridor opening to Bangladesh
1992-06-26 - India leases Tin Bigha corridor to Bangladesh
1993-12-17 - Bangladesh moslem call for murder of feminist Taslima Nasrin
1994-08-20 - Ferry boat sinks at Chandpur Bangladesh, 300-350 killed
1994-12-29 - Bangladesh government of Zia resigns
1996-05-13 - Severe thunderstorms and a tornado in Bangladesh kill 600 people.
1996-09-15 - Bangladesh beat UAE by 104 runs to win the ACC Trophy Final
2007-11-15 - A devastating Cyclone named Sidr hit Bangladesh, killing an estimated 5000 people and destroyed the world's largest mangrove forest, Sundarbans.
2009-02-25 - BDR massacre in Pilkhana, Dhaka, Bangladesh. 74 People are being killed, including more than 50 Army officials, by Bangladeshi Boarder Guards inside its headquarter.
2010-01-28 - Five murderers of President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman of Bangladesh: Lieutenant Colonel Syed Faruq Rahman, Lieutenant Colonel Sultan Shahriar Rashid Khan, Major AKM Mohiuddin Ahmed, Major Bazlul Huda and Lieutenant Colonel Mohiuddin Ahmed were hanged.
2012-03-13 - 110 people are killed and 63 are missing after a ferry collides with an oil tanker near Dhaka, Bangladesh
2012-08-11 - 13 people are killed and 15 injured by a lightning strike at a Mosque in Bangladesh
Famous Birthdays
Birthdays 1 - 32 of 32
1886-11-02 - Dhirendranath Datta, Bangladeshi politician (d. 1971)
1910-03-21 - M S Khan, Bangladeshi intellectual (d. 1978)
1922-03-17 - Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Founding Leader of Bangladesh (d. 1975)
1926-09-01 - Abdur Rahman Biswas, President of Bangladesh
1929-05-03 - Jaharna Imam, Bangladeshi writer/political activist
1930-02-01 - Shahabuddin Ahmed, President of Bangladesh
1931-02-28 - Iajuddin Ahmed, Bikrampur, British Raj, President (Bangladesh, 2002-2009), (d. 2012)
1938-12-26 - Alamgir Kabir, Bangladeshi film director (d. 1989)
1940-06-28 - Muhammad Yunus, Bangladeshi banker, economist and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
1942-01-23 - Razzak, Bangladeshi actor and director
1945-08-15 - Begum Khaleda Zia, Bangladeshi politician
1947-09-28 - Sheikh Hasina, Bangladeshi politician
1970-09-05 - Mohammad Rafique, Bangladeshi cricketer
1971-07-26 - Khaled Mahmud, Former Bangladeshi cricketer
1972-08-17 - Habibul Bashar, Bangladeshi cricketer
1973-08-05 - Sanwar Hossain, Bangladeshi cricketer
1976-02-08 - Khaled Mashud, Bangladeshi cricketer
1982-06-15 - Abdur Razzak, Bangladeshi cricketer
1983-09-04 - Tareq Aziz, Bangladeshi cricketer
1983-10-05 - Mashrafe Mortaza, Bangladeshi cricketer
1984-01-01 - Alok Kapali, Bangladeshi cricketer
1984-05-04 - Manjural Islam, Bangladeshi test cricket player (d. 2007)
1984-07-03 - Syed Rasel, Bangladeshi cricketer
1984-07-07 - Mohammad Ashraful, Bangladeshi cricketer
1985-10-01 - Nazimuddin Ahmed, Bangladeshi cricketer
1986-01-25 - Shahriar Nafees, Bangladeshi cricketer
1986-02-04 - Mohammad Mahmudullah, Bangladeshi cricketer
1986-06-16 - Farhad Reza, Bangladeshi Cricketer
1987-04-21 - Nadif Chowdhury, Bangladeshi cricketer
1987-10-30 - Junaid Siddique, Bangladeshi cricketer
1988-09-01 - Mushfiqur Rahim, Bangladeshi cricketer
1989-03-20 - Tamim Iqbal, Bangladeshi cricketer
Famous Deaths
Deaths 1 - 9 of 9
1971-03-29 - Dhirendranath Datta, Bangladeshi politician (b. 1886)
1981-05-30 - Ziaur Rahmen, pres of Bangladesh, is assassinated
1987-10-17 - Abdul Malek Ukil,Bangladeshi politician (b. 1925)
1989-01-20 - Alamgir Kabir, Bangladeshi film director (b. 1938)
1993-01-10 - Noorjahan Begum, "adulterous" wife in Bangladesh, stoned to death
1994-06-26 - Jaharna Imam, Bangladeshi writer/political activist, dies at 65
1996-03-05 - Khundaqar Mushtaq Amhed, president of Bangladesh (1975), dies
2000-12-20 - Mirza Ghulam Hafiz, Bangladesh statesman, politician, and philanthropist (b. 1920)
2007-03-16 - Manjural Islam, Bangladeshi cricketer (b. 1984)
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