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In 1971, Bangladesh gained independence from Pakistan after a war and thereby inherited the border with Burma. [15] Since then, the boundary area has often been unstable owing to armed conflicts such as the Chittagong Hill Tracts conflict (1977–1997) in south-east Bangladesh and the Rohingya conflict in Myanmar's Rakhine state. The latter has ...
The Greater Dhaka region was under the kingdom of Vanga and Gangaridai in ancient period. [8] Archaeological excavations in 2017–2018 inside the former Old Dhaka Central Jail on Nazimuddin Road in Old Dhaka revealed some glazed and rolled potteries which are similar to what were found in ancient Mahasthangarh and, Wari-Bateshwar ruins in Bangladesh, and other ruins in India, Malaysia ...
Map of Bangladesh, with Myanmar to the south-east. The Bangladesh–Myanmar border is the international border between the countries of Bangladesh and Myanmar (formerly Burma). [2] The border stretches 271.0 kilometres (168.4 miles), from the tripoint with India in the north to the Bay of Bengal in the south. [3]
Dhaka serves as the capital city of the Dhaka Division, the Dhaka District and Bangladesh. The division remains a population magnet, covers an area of 20,508.8 km 2 with a population in excess of 44 million, it is one of the fastest growing populous administrative division of the world, growing at 1.94% rate since prior count, compared with ...
First Mughal-Bhuyan War (1581) Location: Bengal. Baro-Bhuyan: Mughal Empire: Victory [48] Retreat of Khan Jahan to Tandah where he would die from an illness. [49] Second Mughal-Bhuyan War (1584) Location: Bengal. Baro Bhuyan: Mughal Empire: Victory [50] [51] First War against Shahbaz Khan Kamboh; Land and sea Battles of Egarasindur and Bhawal ...
1 March: General Yahya Khan calls off the session of National Council to be held on 3 March in a radio address. [1]7 March: Sheikh Mujibur Rahman – leader of Awami League party that had won a landslide victory in Pakistan in the Federal Elections of 1970, but never been granted authority – announces to a jubilant crowd at the Dhaka Race Course ground, "The struggle this time is the ...
Dhaka Cantonment (Bengali: ঢাকা সেনানিবাস) is a cantonment located in the northern part of Dhaka, Bangladesh. [1] [2] [3] The headquarters of the Bangladesh Army and Air Force are situated within the cantonment. The cantonment is located on the north-east end of Dhaka.
Comilla has a total area of 3146.30.17 square kilometres. It is bounded by Brahmanbaria district and Narayanganj district of Dhaka division to the north, Munshiganj district of Dhaka division and Chandpur district to the west, Noakhali and Feni districts to the south and the Indian state of Tripura to the east.