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Polokwane (UK: / ˌ p ɒ l ə ˈ k w ɑː n i /, [2] meaning "Sanctuary" in Northern Sotho [3] [4] [5]), also known as Pietersburg, is the capital city of the Limpopo Province in South Africa. It is the country's largest urban centre north of Gauteng .
Bangladesh co-hosts the ICC Cricket World Cup with India and Sri Lanka. 5 September: India and Bangladesh sign a pact to end their 40-year border demarcation dispute. [42] 2012: 18 January: Bangladesh Army claimed to have foiled a coup d'état attempt. 24 November: Garments factory fire at Tazreen Fashion factory in Ashulia kills 117. [43] 2013 ...
Date: 26 March 1971 16 December 1971 : Duration: c. 1948 – 16 December 1971 (23 years, 11 months and 15 days) Location: East Pakistan (today Bangladesh) Outcome: Independence of Bangladesh; secession of East Pakistan from Pakistan: Casualties ~40,000 military personnel killed (including Bangladesh, Indian and Pakistani forces) [1] [2]
Japan became a major aid provider to the new country. Although Israel was one of early countries to recognise Bangladesh, [168] the government in Dhaka strongly supported Egypt during the Arab-Israeli War of 1973. In return, Egypt gifted Bangladesh's military with 44 tanks. [169] The Soviet Union supplied several squadrons of MiG-21 planes. [170]
Over 50% of the world's borders today were drawn as a result of British and French imperialism. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] An unambiguous measure is the date of national constitutions ; but as constitutions are an almost entirely modern concept, all formation dates by that criterion are modern or early modern (the oldest extant constitution being that ...
Pages in category "Polokwane" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.
Bangladesh, [a] officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, [b] is a country in South Asia.It is the eighth-most populous country in the world and twelfth-most densely populated with a population of 173,562,364 in an area of 148,460 square kilometres (57,320 sq mi).
10 April: A provisional Bangladesh government-in-exile is formed. 11 April: Radio address by Tajuddin Ahmad, the Prime Minister of Bangladesh. 12 April: M. A. G. Osmani takes up the command of Bangladesh Armed Forces. 17 April: A provisional government-in-exile took oath in Baidyanathtala (now called Mujibnagar) in Meherpur District