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Bangladeshi War of Independence (1971) Location: Bangladesh, Pakistan and Bay of Bengal. A Mukti Bahini 3.7 inch howitzer used during the war: Bangladesh India (3–16 December 1971) Soviet Union Pakistan United States: Victory. Independence of Bangladesh; Internal conflict in Bangladesh (1972–present) Location: Bangladesh Bangladesh
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) is a war crimes tribunal in Bangladesh set up in 2009 to investigate and prosecute suspects for the genocide committed in 1971 by the Pakistan Army and their local collaborators, Razakars, Al-Badr and Al-Shams during the Bangladesh Liberation War. [201]
Bangladesh is elected to a two-year term on the UN Security Council. 3 June: Zia-ur Rahman wins presidential election and secures his position for a five-year term. 1979: 18 February: The 1979 General Election takes place. Bangladesh Nationalist Party led by Zia scores a decisive victory. [21] 1981: 30 May: Assassination of Ziaur Rahman. 1982: ...
[1] [2] The Mughal Empire defeated the Sultanate at the Battle of Rajmahal on 12 July 1576, formally establishing the Bengal as the easternmost province of the subcontinent-wide empire. However, the collapse of the Sultanate led to the formation of the Baro-Bhuiyans ; a loose confederacy of independent chieftains across Bengal who continued to ...
12 November - Political violence between rival political factions during the 2021 Union Parishad elections resulted in the death of 7 people. [11] 6 December: Cyclone Jawad caused heavy rain in the region. [12] 16 December: Bangladesh celebrates 50 years of Victory in the 1971 Bangladesh War of Independence. [13]
The accord also gave back 13,000 km 2 (5,019 sq mi) of land that Indian troops had seized in West Pakistan during the war, though India retained a few strategic areas, [117] most notably Kargil (which was in turn the focal point of a war between the two nations in 1999). This was done as a measure of promoting "lasting peace" and acknowledged ...
Vision 2021 and Digital Bangladesh: 2008 CE: Bangladesh Rifles revolt: 2009 CE: Shapla Square protests: 2013 CE: Bangladesh quota reform movement: 2013 CE: International Crimes Tribunal: 2009 CE: 2015 Bangladeshi political crisis: 2015 CE: 2018 Bangladesh road-safety protests: 2018 CE: 2018 Bangladesh quota reform movement: 2018 CE: 2021 ...
Bangladesh has been celebrating this day as Victory Day since 1972. The year 2021 marks 50 years since the declaration of independence and victory in the war. Therefore, the year 2021 is celebrated as "Golden Jubilee" to commemorate the 50th anniversary of independence. [2] [9] [10]