1972 in Bangladesh

none December 2019 1972 1972 The year 1972 was the first year after the independence of Bangladesh. It was also the first year of the first post-independence government in Bangladesh. Incumbents center center Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in 1950.jpg Prime Minister Sheikh Mujibur Rahman MujiburRahman 106 President: Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (until 12 January), Abu Sayeed Chowdhury (starting 12 January) Prime Minister: Tajuddin Ahmad (until 12 January), Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (starting 12 January) Vice President: Syed Nazrul Islam (until 12 January); vacant thereafter Chief Justice: Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayem Demography + Demographic Indicators for Bangladesh in 1972https://data.worldbank.org/country/bangladesh World Development Indicators The World Bank 9 December 2021 Population, total66,625,706 Population density (per km2)511.8 Population growth (annual %)1.7% Male to Female Ratio (every 100 Female)106.9 Urban population (% of total)8.2% Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people)46.5 Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people)19.3 Mortality rate, under 5 (per 1,000 live births)221 Life expectancy at birth, total (years)46.5 Fertility rate, total (births per woman)6.9 Climate Bangladesh in 1972 Yes Yes 18.7 18.7 25.1 27.4 29.3 28.3 28.3 27.5 28.1 26.7 23.2 19.5 25.1 green 1.6 25.2 25.2 105.4 144.1 289.1 368. 420.5 205. 98.4 3.7 .4 1686.7 Climatic Research Unit (CRU) of University of East Anglia (UEA)http://sdwebx.worldbank.org/climateportal/index.cfm?page=country_historical_climate&ThisRegion=Asia&ThisCCode=BGD Climate Change Knowledge Portal The World Bank Group 27 May 2018 27 May 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180527201746/http://sdwebx.worldbank.org/climateportal/index.cfm?page=country_historical_climate&ThisRegion=Asia&ThisCCode=BGD dead Economy + Key Economic Indicators for Bangladesh in 1972 National Income Current US$ Current BDT % of GDP GDP $6.3 billion BDT37.7 billion GDP growth (annual %) -14.0% GDP per capita $94.4 BDT566 Agriculture, value added $3.7 billion BDT22.5 billion 59.6% Industry, value added $.4 billion BDT2.3 billion 6.1% Services, etc., value added $2.2 billion BDT13.0 billion 34.3% Note: For the year 1972 average official exchange rate for BDT was 7.70 per US$. Events 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.Encyclopaedia of Bangladesh (Anmol Publications, 2003), p110 10 January – Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the "Bangabandhu" and "Father of Bangladesh", returned to Dhaka at 1:30 pm to a hero's welcome. 19 February – The 25-year Indo-Bangladeshi Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Peace is signed in Dhaka. 17 March – Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi visited prime minister Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on his birthday.https://www.kalbela.com/ajkerpatrika/joto-mot-toto-path/73707 bn:স্বাধীন দেশে বঙ্গবন্ধুর প্রথম জন্মদিনে এসেছিলেন ইন্দিরা গান্ধী bn 17 March 2024 14 June 2024 Daily Kalbela 14 June 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240614001025/https://www.kalbela.com/ajkerpatrika/joto-mot-toto-path/73707 live Indian army leaves Dhaka. 19 March – The prime ministers of Bangladesh and India sign the Joint Rivers Commission.Faruque HS Mozaddad 2012 Joint Rivers Commission http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Joint_Rivers_Commission Islam Sirajul Sirajul Islam Jamal Ahmed A. Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh Second Asiatic Society of Bangladesh 26 March – Regulations passed allowing large scale nationalization of various industries including banks, manufacturing and trading enterprises.Ramanadham V. V. 10 March 1993 Privatization, a global perspective https://pdfsu.com/lib.php?q=read/privatisation-a-global-perspective&ref=springlosangeles.com U.K. Routledge 326 9780415075664 4 April – The United States of America officially recognized Bangladesh.https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1969-76ve07/ch5?start=31 Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969–1976, Volume E–7, Documents on South Asia, 1969–1972 Office of the Historian, United States Department of State 9 October 2018 Smallpox outbreak in Khulna Municipality leads to 1384 cases and 372 deaths between 28 April and 22 June 1972.Sommer A. 1 April 1974 The 1972 Smallpox Outbreak in Khulna Municipality, Bangladesh: II. Effectiveness of Surveillance and Containment in Urban Epidemic Control American Journal of Epidemiology 99 4 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a121615 4818720 303–13 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.http://www.history.ca/history-topics/latest/june-4-1972-trains-collide-in-bangladesh/ June 4, 1972—Trains collide in Bangladesh History Canada 4 June 2017 23 March 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180325171544/http://www.history.ca/history-topics/latest/june-4-1972-trains-collide-in-bangladesh/ 25 March 2018 dead 25 August – The first veto by China in the Security Council barred Bangladesh from membership in the United Nations.Alden Robert 26 August 1972 China's First U. N. Veto Bars Bangladesh https://www.nytimes.com/1972/08/26/archives/chinas-first-un-veto-bars-bangladesh-soviet-union-and-india-are.html The New York Times 9 October 2018 4 November – Constitution of the People's Republic of Bangladesh is adopted by the Assembly. 16 December – Constitution of Bangladesh comes into effect. Sports Domestic football: thumb|right|Kazi Salahuddin was an integral part of Bangladeshi football in 1972|alt=Salauddin Pic.jpg Bangladesh Football Federation was founded on 15 July.BFF info bangladeshdir.com http://www.bangladeshdir.com/recreation-and-sports/football/bangladesh-football-federation-bff/ 22 October 2018 17 August 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180817210435/http://www.bangladeshdir.com/recreation-and-sports/football/bangladesh-football-federation-bff/ dead On 13 February, a match between President XI and Bangladesh XI took place at the Dhaka Stadium in the presence of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, this was the first football match in independent Bangladesh. The President XI won the match 2–0, with goals from Golam Sarwar Tipu and Abdul Ghafoor.https://www.prothomalo.com/sports/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%99%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A7%E0%A7%81-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%9B%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%8B-%E0%A6%96%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B2 13 February 2022 bn bn:বঙ্গবন্ধু বলেছিলেন, 'তোরা ভালো খেল' Bangabandhu said, 'You all played well'. Masud Alam Prothomalo 2022-08-30 2022-09-29 https://web.archive.org/web/20220929080043/https://www.prothomalo.com/sports/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%99%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A7%E0%A7%81-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%9B%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%8B-%E0%A6%96%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B2 live Mohammedan SC won the first edition of the Independence Cup, while East End Club came out runners-up. This was the first football tournament arranged in the newly independent nation. Notably the tournament also included Nadia District XI, who thus became the first foreign football team to visit independent Bangladesh.7 May 2016 https://kironsportsdesk.com/2016/05/07/%e0%a7%aa%e0%a7%aa-%e0%a6%ac%e0%a6%9b%e0%a6%b0-%e0%a6%86%e0%a6%97%e0%a7%87-%e0%a6%aa%e0%a7%8d%e0%a6%b0%e0%a6%a5%e0%a6%ae-%e0%a6%b8%e0%a7%8d%e0%a6%ac%e0%a6%be%e0%a6%a7%e0%a7%80%e0%a6%a8%e0%a6%a4/ bn bn:৪৪ বছর আগে প্রথম স্বাধীনতা কাপে মোহামেডানের চ্যাম্পিয়নের নায়ক সালাউদ্দিন Salahuddin was the hero of Mohammedan's triumph in the first Independence Cup 44 years ago Kiron's Sports Desk 30 November 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20231130145801/https://kironsportsdesk.com/2016/05/07/%E0%A7%AA%E0%A7%AA-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%9B%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A5%E0%A6%AE-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A7%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%A4/ live On 11 May 1972, India's Mohun Bagan AC (played as "Gostha Pal XI") was the first foreign football club to visit independent Bangladesh, took on Independence Cup champions Mohammedan SC. The Indian's won the game 1–0.https://www.prothomalo.com/sports/football/%E0%A7%AD-%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BF-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B7%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF-%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A7%9F%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%A2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A7%9F-%E0%A6%8F%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%9B%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B2-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8 bn:৭ কোটি মানুষের জন্য ভালোবাসা নিয়ে ঢাকায় এসেছিল মোহনবাগান Masud Alam Prothomalo The Daily Prothom Alo bn Mohun Bagan came to Dhaka with love for 7 crore people Dhaka, Bangladesh 19 April 2022 19 October 2022 2 October 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20221002192020/https://www.prothomalo.com/sports/football/%E0%A7%AD-%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BF-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B7%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF-%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A7%9F%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%A2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A7%9F-%E0%A6%8F%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%9B%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B2-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8 live In August of that year, the Dhaka First Division League and Dhaka Second Division League were abandoned mid-season.https://www.kalerkantho.com/feature/khalar-ghor/2015/09/04/264383 bn bn:আমি হয়তো ছিলাম সেই সময়ের আদর্শ ফুটবলার I was probably the ideal footballer of that time. 16 September 2015 Kaler Kantho 25 November 2023 https://archive.today/20231125072418/https://www.kalerkantho.com/feature/khalar-ghor/2015/09/04/264383 live Abahani Krira Chakra was founded. International football: On 13 May, Mohun Bagan AC faced "Dhaka XI", who were the unofficial Bangladesh national team (as Bangladesh were not yet an AFC or FIFA member), consisting of the best players in the country at the time. Dhaka XI striker Kazi Salahuddin scored the only of the game in front of more than 35,000 spectators at the Dhaka Stadium. In August of that year, Dhaka XI travelled to India's Guwahati to take part in the Bordoloi Trophy. The team finished runners-up behind East Bengal Club.http://kironsportsdesk.com/?p=687 bn:ফুটবল ইতিহাসে সালাউদ্দিন নামটি বড় করে লেখা থাকবে Salahuddin name will be written big in football history 26 September 2012 bn Kiron's Sports Desk 30 November 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20231130150142/https://kironsportsdesk.com/2012/09/26/%E0%A6%AB%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B2-%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8/ live On 4 and 11 November 1972, Dhaka XI played two exhibition matches against India's East Bengal Club both of which finished goalless at the Dhaka Stadium.Dulal Mahmud bn:খেলার মাঠে মুক্তিযুদ্ধ (Liberation war in the playground) Bishhoshahitto Bhobon 2020 bn 359 978-984-8218-31-0 Domestic cricket: Bangladesh Cricket Control Board was founded. Births Al-Amin Hossain, cricketer Asif Akbar, singer Riaz Uddin Ahamed Siddique, actor Aminul Islam, trade unionist Avijit Roy, writer and blogger Mohamed Mahbub Alam, sprinter Deaths right|120px|thumb|Zahir Raihan 30 January – Zahir Raihan, novelist, writer and filmmaker (b. 1935) 25 February – Syed Muhammed Taifoor, historian and writer (b. 1885) 6 April – Syed Nausher Ali, politician (b. 1891) 1 May – Shah Abdul Hamid, politician and legislator (b. 1900) 12 May – Kafiluddin Chowdhury, politician and legislator (b. 1898) 9 September – AKM Fazlul Kabir Chowdhury, politician and legislator 30 November – Mokarram Hussain Khundker, professor and researcher (b. 1922) See also 1970s in Bangladesh List of Bangladeshi films of 1972 References 1972 Bangladesh Bangladesh Category:Long stubs with short prose