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Bangladesh famine of 1974: Famine: 1970 Bhola cyclone: Cyclone: Bhola: 500,000+ 12 November 1970: Entire coast of Bangladesh (then called East Pakistan) Cyclone: Bengal 200,000+ 1897 A cyclone with a storm-surge of 12.2 metres (40 ft) hit Meghna River estuary near Chittagong, Barisal, and Noakhali. Casualty is about 200,000.
The Al-Badr (Bengali: আল-বদর, romanized: Al-Bodor; Urdu: البدر; lit. ' Full moon ') was a collaborationist paramilitary force composed mainly of pro-Pakistan people, which operated in East Pakistan against the Bengali nationalist movement during the Bangladesh War of Independence, under the patronage of the Government of Pakistan.
1977 Bangladesh mass executions: 9 October – November 1977 Bangladesh 1,143 The government of Ziaur Rahman carried out mass executions of military personnel, following a series of attempted coups in Bangladesh.According to official records, 1,143 members of the Bangladesh armed forces were hanged in two months Bhushanchhara massacre: 31 May 1984
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: ...
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and his wife Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib, in 1955. Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the first president of Bangladesh, was assassinated along with most of his family members during the early hours of 15 August 1975 by a group of Bangladesh Army personnel who invaded his residence as part of a coup d'état.
The case and the resulting uprising was a major factor in the fall of Ayub Khan's government [11] and is also seen as one of the major events leading to Bengali nationalism and the Bangladesh Liberation War. [12] Sergeant Zahurul Haq was honoured by the naming of a students' residential hall of the University of Dhaka after him. [13]
[66] [167] Genocide is the term that is used to describe the event in almost every major publication and newspaper in Bangladesh; [168] [169] the term is defined as "the deliberate and systematic destruction, in whole or in part, of an ethnic, racial, religious, or national group" [170]
Later on, 25 people were convicted in the Abrar Fahad murder case, and all were students at the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) and members of the Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL). The Dhaka Speedy Trial Tribunal-1 sentenced 20 of them to death and 5 to life imprisonment on December 8, 2021. [67]