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The British Council was founded in 1934 in London. [6] It opened its first branch in Dhaka in 1951 when Bangladesh was a part of Pakistan. [2] On 25 March 1971, at the start of Bangladesh Liberation War, the council office was attacked by Pakistan army, killing 8 East Pakistan Police officers guarding the office. [7]
Bangladeshi High Commission in London. The ties between Britain and Bangladesh date back to the British Raj, when the region of Bengal was annexed in 1757. During the Bangladesh Liberation War Britain offered shelter to diplomats and people who escaped the conflict.
The British Council is a British organisation specialising in international cultural and ... History: 1967–1989: ... The British Council has offices in: Bangladesh
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[26] [190] Anwar Choudhury became the British High Commissioner for Bangladesh in 2004, the first non-white British person to be appointed in a senior diplomatic post. [191] Lutfur Rahman is the first directly elected mayor of Tower Hamlets , who was later removed from office for breaching electoral rules. [ 192 ]
An informal council of shomaj elders (matobbors or shordars) settles village disputes. Factional competition between the matobbors is a major dynamic of social and political interaction. [2] Groups of homes in a village are called Paras, and each para has its own name.
In 1652, the British had been exempted from customs payments in exchange for giving yearly sums to the nawab. But the nawab foisted fees upon them, which the British opposed. The British met the nawab Shaista Khan in Dhaka in 1652 and secured the exemption again. [72] British trading activities expanded during Shaista Khan's administration.
Later, the Tower Hamlets council fitted their flats with fire-proof letterboxes to protect Bangladeshi tenants from racially motivated arson. [18] Residents began to fight back by creating committees and youth groups such as the Bangladesh Youth Movement, which was formed by young activists led by Shajahan Lutfur.