Lieutenant-General A. A. K. Niazi, the commander of Pakistan Eastern Command, signing the instrument of surrender in Dhaka on 16 Dec 1971, in the presence of India's Lt. Gen. Jagjit Singh Aurora.
  • 3 December – Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 breaks out. Bangladesh Air Force destroys Pakistani oil depots.
  • 4 December – India officially invades East Pakistan.
  • 6 December – India becomes the first country to recognize Bangladesh. Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra radio station becomes Bangladesh Betar.
  • 7 December – Liberation of Jessore, Sylhet and the Moulovi Bazar.
  • 9 December – Chandpur and Daudkandi liberated.
  • 10 December – Liberation of Laksham. Two Bangladeshi ships sunk mistakenly by Indian air attack.
  • 11 December – Liberation of Hilli, Mymensingh, Kushtia and Noakhali.
  • 14 December – Selective genocide of nationalist intellectuals, liberation of Bogra.
  • 16 December – Surrender of the Pakistan army and liberation of Dhaka.
  • 22 December – The provisional government of Bangladesh arrives in Dhaka from exile.
  • 8 January – Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was released from the Mianwali jail and allowed to leave Pakistan after more than nine months' imprisonment. Two days later, after flying to London and Delhi, he returned to Dhaka to become the first President of Bangladesh.[2]
  • 10 January – Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the "Bangabandhu" and "Father of Bangladesh", returned to Dhaka at 1:30 pm to a hero's welcome.[2]
  • 19 February – The 25-year Indo-Bangladeshi Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Peace is signed in Dhaka.
  • 17 March – Indian army leaves Dhaka.
  • 19 March – The prime ministers of Bangladesh and India sign the Joint Rivers Commission.[3]
  • 26 March – Regulations passed allowing large scale nationalization of various industries including banks, manufacturing and trading enterprises.[4]
  • 4 April – The United States of America officially recognized Bangladesh.[5]
  • Smallpox outbreak in Khulna Municipality leads to 1384 cases and 372 deaths between April 28 and June 22, 1972.[6]
  • 4 June – A crowded passenger train from Khulna crashes into a stationary freight train at Jessore when the stationmaster throws the wrong switch; 76 people are killed and about 500 injured.[7]
  • 25 August – The first veto by China in the Security Council barred Bangladesh from membership in the United Nations.[8]
  • 4 November – Constitution of the People's Republic of Bangladesh is adopted by the Assembly.
  • 16 December – Constitution of Bangladesh comes into effect.
  • 7 March: First general election of Bangladesh is held, Bangladesh Awami League secures majority.
  • 17 April: a tornado in the Manikganj region had killed at least 681 people.[9]
  • 17 July: The first amended was made to the Article 47 of the constitution. The amendment inserted an additional clause, Article 47(3) that allowed punishment and prosecution of war criminals under international law. A new Article 47A was also added, which specified that certain fundamental rights will be inapplicable in those cases.[10]
  • 28 August: India, Pakistan and Bangladesh signed a trilateral agreement, termed the Delhi Agreement, allowing the repatriation of prisoners of war and interned officials held in the three countries after the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War.[11][12]
  • 6 September: Bangladesh joins Non-Aligned Movement(NAM).
  • 22 September: Second amendment of the constitution was passed allowing the suspension of some of the fundamental rights of the citizens during a state of emergency.[13]
  • 12 November: Bangladesh joined FAO.[14]
  • 15 December: Gallantry awards of the war declared in Bangladesh Gazette.
  • Establishment of the National Library of Bangladesh.[15]
  • The Shanti Bahini (Peace Force) guerrillas, mostly members of the Chakma tribe, took up arms after Bangladesh rejected their demands for autonomy over 5,500 sq.-mile region bordering India and Burma. They also demanded the removal of more than 300,000 settlers from their tribal homeland.[16]
 
Mujib as Prime Minister of Bangladesh with U.S. President Gerald Ford in 1974
  • 25 January: The fourth amendment of constitution abolishes parliamentary system and establishes presidential system.
  • 25 February: Establishment of Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League (BAKSAL) led by Mujib as the single legitimate political party.
  • 15 August - Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is assassinated.[23]
  • 16 October - Rahima Banu's smallpox infection is reported. She is the last known person to have been infected with naturally occurring Variola major.[24]
  • 3 November: Jail Killing Day, assassination of four leaders of liberation war in prison.
  • 7 November: After a successful coup d'état Major Gen. Ziaur Rahman proclaims himself deputy martial law administrator with Chief Justice Sayem as Chief Martial Law Administrator.
  • 24 November: Col. Abu Taher arrested.
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JA8033, the aircraft involved in the hijacking in 1977
  • 21 April: Zia replaces Sayem as the President.
  • 30 May: Zia wins 98.9 percent of votes in referendum on his continuance as president.[17]
  • 3 June: Supreme Court justice Abdus Sattar becomes vice president.
  • 1 September: Formation of Bangladesh Nationalist Party(BNP).
  • 28 September: A Japan Airlines Flight 472 en route from Mumbai to Tokyo was hijacked by 5 Japanese Red Army terrorists shortly after takeoff, and forced the plane to land at then Zia International Airport.[29] The terrorists' demand of $6 million and release of 6 JRA terrorists from Japanese prison was met by the Japanese Prime Minister.[30] Bangladesh Air Force was deployed to control the situation in the ground and to facilitate negotiations.[29]
  • 30 September: A mutiny breaks out in Bogra.
  • 2 October: The mutiny is quelled, but is followed by another failed attempt to overthrow Zia in Dhaka.
  • A five-year treaty is signed with India on water sharing.[31]
  • Bangladesh became an Associate member of the International Cricket Council.[32]
  • 18 February - Boxing legend Muhammad Ali arrives in Bangladesh for a 5-day visit.[33]
  • 3 June - Ziaur Rahman wins presidential election and secures his position for a five-year term.
  • 28 June - The ashes of Atiśa Dipankara Shrijnana brought to Bangladesh from Tibet.
  • Bangladesh is elected to a two-year term on the UN Security Council.[34]
  • 1978 AFC Youth Championship held in Dhaka, Bangladesh from 5 October to 28 October 1978.
  • As a result of Operation King Dragon by the Burmese junta, the first wave of Rohingya refugees entered Bangladesh in 1978. An estimated 200,000 Rohingyas took shelter in Cox's Bazaar. Diplomatic initiatives over 16 months resulted in a repatriation agreement, which allowed the return of most refugees under a process facilitated by UNHCR.[35]
 
President Ziaur Rahman with Queen Juliana and Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands in 1979
  • 26 January – Near Chuadanga, a train derails and overturns, killing at least 70 and injuring at least 300.
  • 18 FebruarySecond National Parliamentary Elections were held. The result was a victory for the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, which won 207 of the 300 seats.
  • 6 April – The Fifth Amendment to the Constitution of Bangladesh was passed by the Jatiya Sangsad. This Act amended the Fourth Schedule to the constitution by adding a new paragraph 18 thereto, which provided that all amendments, additions, modifications, substitutions and omissions made in the constitution during the period between 15 August 1975 and 9 April 1979 (both days inclusive) by any Proclamation or Proclamation Order of the Martial Law Authorities had been validly made and would not be called in question in or before any court or tribunal or authority on any ground whatsoever.[36]
  • 7 April – Bangladesh started the Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) to reduce child deaths from vaccine preventable diseases.[37]
  • 17 May - Sheikh Hasina, the daughter of Bangladesh founder Sheikh Mujibur Rahman returned from India after more than five years exile that began after his assassination. More than one million of her supporters turned out to welcome her return, and she urged the nation to work toward restoring democracy.[44]
 
Chittagong Circuit House
  • 30 May - Ziaur Rahman, President of Bangladesh, was assassinated as he spent the night in Chittagong. Taking place at 4:00 am local time, the attack was planned by Major General Muhammed Manzur. Lt. Col. Motiur Rahman shot and killed the pajama-clad President Ziaur.[45]
  • 15 November - Abdus Sattar was confirmed as President of Bangladesh in an election suspected of being rigged. Running on the Nationalist Party ticket as one of 23 candidates, Sattar, who had been the acting President since the May 30 assassination of Ziaur Rahman, officially received 14,217,601 votes, nearly two-thirds of those cast, while runner up Kamal Hossain of the Awami League got 5,694,884.[46]
  • 24 March - Lt. Gen. Hussain Muhammad Ershad assumes power through a bloodless coup.[47]
  • 26 June - Bangladesh adopts standards of weights and measures based on metric system.[48]
  • 4 October - Bangladesh signs with India a memorandum of understanding on water sharing for two years.[49]
  • Bangladesh enacted the National Drug Policy which helped develop the drug manufacturing industry in Bangladesh.[50]
  • The Upazila Parishad law known as the Local Government (Thana Parishad and Thana Reorganization) Ordinance 1982 provided for a directly elected chairman based on one man one vote principle. The local level government functionaries were made non-voting members while the elected union parishad chairmen became members with voting rights.[51]
 
Ershad arrives for a state visit to USA (1983)
 
Muhammad Yunus
 
President H. M. Ershad's Reception of SAARC Heads of States in Dhaka.
  • 13 FebruaryRaufun Basunia, Joint Secretary of Bangladesh Chhatra League, and the General Secretary of its University of Dhaka branch was shot dead during a clash between Chhatra Sangram Parishad and Chhatra Samaj, the ruling Jatiyo Party backed student wing in front of Mohsin Hall at University of Dhaka.[62][63]
  • 21 March – A referendum on military rule was held in order to confirm the military rule of Hussain Mohammed Ershad. The referendum asked voters "Do you support the policies of President Ershad, and do you want him to continue to run this administration until a civilian government is formed through elections?" The result saw 94.5% vote in favour, with a turnout of 72.2%.[64] The opposition organised a general strike on the day of the referendum, and alleged that the results were fraudulent.
  • Heavy mortars were used in an exchange of fire between Bangladeshi and Indian forces on a disputed section of the border between the two nations.[65]
  • 22 November – The MOU between Bangladesh and India regarding Ganges water sharing was extended for three years.[49]
  • 8 December – The first SAARC summit was held in Dhaka, Bangladesh on 6–8 December 1985 and was attended by the Government representative and president of Bangladesh, Maldives, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, the kings of Bhutan and Nepal, and the prime minister of India.[66] They signed the SAARC Charter on 8 December 1985, thereby establishing the regional association, and established study groups on the problems of terrorism and drug trafficking, as well as planning a ministerial-level meeting about GATT, and a ministerial-level conference on increasing the participation of women at the regional level.[66] The summit also agreed to establish a SAARC secretariat and adopted an official SAARC emblem.[66]
  • Zafrullah Chowdhury, the founder of Gonoshasthaya Kendra, was awarded Ramon Magsaysay Award.[67]
 
Activist Noor Hossain was killed by the police on 10 November 1987.
  • 24 January – Activists of Awami League, rallying in the streets of Chittagong were attacked by the police. Chittagong Metropolitan Police Commissioner Mirza Rakibul Huda ordered the police to open fire on the rally which left at least 24 people dead.[73]
  • 3 March – General election is held, Jatiya Party gets overwhelming majority with 68.44% of the votes.
  • 2 December – The worst cyclone for 20 years strikes Bangladesh.[74] The cyclone eventually leaves 5 million homeless and thousands dead.
  • 10 OctoberNaziruddin Jehad, an activist of the pro-democracy movement of Bangladesh, was killed due to the police excesses during the first nationwide strike of the full-fledged movement against Hussain Muhammad Ershad, in front of Dainik Bangla intersection of capital Dhaka.[82]
  • 30 October – A series of attacks against the Bengali Hindus in Bangladesh ensued following a rumour that the Babri mosque in Ayodhya in India had been demolished.
  • 19 NovemberBNP led 7-party alliance, Awami League led 8-party alliance and Leftist five-party alliance drafted a "Joint Declaration of Three Alliance".[83] This declaration provided a road-map outlining the process to hand over the Presidency of Ershad to a civil government. The declaration included the idea of a caretaker government that will take over after the fall of Ershad and will hold a free and fair election within 90 days of its arrival to the power.
  • 27 November – Censorship is imposed on the newspapers enabling strict monitoring; newspaper owners and journalists decided not to publish newspapers from the very next day. Ershad declares state of emergency, curfew imposed.
  • 4 December – The ongoing protests against the regime of H. M. Ershad turn into a mass uprising, when hundreds of thousands of people rallied in the streets of Dhaka practically bringing the capital of Bangladesh to a standstill.
  • 6 December – President Hussain Muhammad Ershad is forced to resign; he is replaced by Shahabuddin Ahmed, who becomes interim president.
  • Bangladesh passes the Narcotics Control Act of 1990.[84]
 
Visible satellite image of the intensifying cyclone on 29 April 1991, southwest of Bangladesh
  • 27 February – 1991 Bangladeshi general election, Bangladesh Nationalist Party emerges victorious.
  • 29 April – 1991 Bangladesh cyclone kills more than 138,000.
  • 10 May – President Bush directed the US military to provide humanitarian assistance to Bangladesh under the umbrella of Operation Sea Angel.[85] A Contingency Joint Task Force under the command of Lieutenant General Henry C. Stackpole, consisting of over 400 Marines and 3,000 sailors, was subsequently sent to Bangladesh to provide food, water, and medical care to nearly two million people.
  • 17 July – Government raised the maximum age limit for entering government job from 27 years to 30 years.[86]
  • 15 September – A constitutional referendum was held where voters were asked "Should or not the President assent to the Constitution (Twelfth Amendment) Bill, 1991 of the People's Republic of Bangladesh?" The amendments would lead to the reintroduction of parliamentary government, with the President becoming the constitutional head of state, but the Prime Minister the executive head. The result saw 83.6% vote in favour, with a turnout of 35.2%.[87]
 
Jahanara Imam
  • 26 March – The Ghatak-Dalal Nirmul Committee set up mock trials known as Gono Adalat (People's Court) led by Jahanara Imam in Dhaka and 'sentenced' persons they accused of being war criminals.[88]
  • 10 April – The Logang massacre took place in Logang village in the Khagrachari District along the border with India. The massacre allegedly involved Bengali civilians, border guards, and the army who attacked the Jumma people with axes, hatchets, and guns, burning down all the houses.[89] The government investigation committee announced that only 12 people have died, while the unofficial estimate puts the death-toll to around 400.[90]
  • 21 October – The Bangladesh Open University was established with its main campus in Board Bazar, Gazipur District, Dhaka Division.[91]
  • 7 December – There were a series of violence against the Bengali Hindus in protest against the demolition of Babri Masjid and violence against Muslims in India. the Dhakeshwari temple was attacked. The Bholanath Giri Ashram in Dhaka was attacked and looted.[92] Hindu owned jewellery shops were looted in old Dhaka. Hindu houses in Rayerbazar were set on fire.[93]
  • 8 December – Hindus were attacked in Kutubdia Upazila in Cox's Bazar District. Muslims attacked 14 Hindu temples, eight of them were burnt and six damaged. 51 Hindu houses in Ali Akbar Dale and another 30 in Choufaldandi.[94]
  • A third of the 250,000 Rohingyas of Burma flee into Bangladesh.[95]
  • 20 March – BNP won the by-polls to Magura-2 parliamentary constituency, which had fallen vacant following the Awami League MP's death; but the victory was tainted with allegation of widespread rigging – which eventually strengthened the oppositions claim for a Caretaker Government to oversee future elections.[99]
  • 6 September – The Dhanmondi residence of the founding father and President of Bangladesh Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was handed over to Bangabandhu Memorial Trust to turn it into a museum.

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