Bangladesh

1947

On 14 August, Pakistan gained independence from British rule. On 15 August, India gained independence from British rule.

1947

February 23: In the Constituent Assembly, Dhirendranath Dutt demands that Bengali be made the state language.

March 21: Muhammad Ali Jinnah announces at the racecourse that Urdu will be the only state language of Pakistan.

March 24: Muhammad Ali Jinnah announces at Dhaka University that Urdu will be the only state language of Pakistan.

1949

The Awami Muslim League was formed on 23rd June. At that time Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhasani was the President and Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was the Joint General Secretary.

1952

January 26: The then Prime Minister Khwaja Nazimuddin announces that Urdu will be the only state language of Pakistan.

January 30: All-Party State Language Struggle Council is formed.

February 21 is the great International Mother Language Day. Police brutally opened fire on students violating Section 144 demanding the state language. Salam, Barkat, Rafiq, Jabbar and many others were killed.

1953

Awami Muslim League, Krishak Praja Party, Nizam Islam, Pakistan Ganatantri Dal, Pakistan Khilafah etc. formed the United Front on 4th December.

1954

March 8-12: The United Front won 223 of the 237 Muslim seats in the East Pakistan Assembly elections. The United Front won the election by a wide margin.

May 31: Governor General of Pakistan Ghulam Mohammad abolishes the United Front Council of Ministers and introduces Governor's rule in the province by promulgating Article 92 (a) of the Constitution.

1956

October 7: Iskander Mirza seizes power through a military coup.

October 26: Ayub Khan overthrows Iskander Mirza without bloodshed, seizes power and declares himself president.

196

February 5-6: At the Opposition Conference, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman raised six points which later came to be known as the Charter of Liberation of the Bengali Nation.

1969: Mass uprising

January 5: Student Struggle Council is formed.

February 22: Agartala conspiracy case against 35 people, including Sheikh Mujib, is withdrawn.

1970: General elections in Pakistan

December 7: Awami League wins 16 out of 189 seats.

1971: Great War of Liberation

March 2: The first national flag is hoisted. It was erected at Kalabhavan of Dhaka University. Raised by ASM Abdur Rab, then co-president of Daksh.

March 7: Historic speech by Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at the then Racecourse Maidan (now Suhrawardy Udyan). And the call for war.

March 26: Declaration of Independence. MA Hannan made the announcement on behalf of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on Chittagong Betar.

April 10: Provisional Mujibnagar government is formed at Baidyanathtala in Meherpur.

April 17: Historic Mujibnagar Day. On this day the caretaker Mujibnagar government was sworn in. And the Declaration of Independence was read. Professor Yusuf Ali read.

December 7: India recognizes Bangladesh.

December 14: Almost all intellectuals in Bangladesh are brutally killed. An attempt was made to make Bangladesh incompetent. Current Martyred Intellectuals Day.

December 16, 1971

At 4:31 pm, 91,000 Pakistani soldiers surrendered to independent Bangladesh. General Niazi signed the surrender letter on behalf of Pakistan. General Jagjit Singh Arora accepted the surrender letter on behalf of the Allied Forces of India and Bangladesh.

The path of independent Bangladesh begins