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Date of Declaration of Independence of Bangladesh
26 March 1971, proclaimed in the early hours following Operation Searchlight on the night of 25 March 1971.
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Date of Historic 7th March Speech
7 March 1971 at the Racecourse Maidan (now Suhrawardy Udyan) in Dhaka. Inscribed in UNESCO Memory of the World Register in 2017.
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Adoption and Effective Dates of the Constitution of Bangladesh
Adopted by the Constituent Assembly on 4 November 1972; came into effect on 16 December 1972 (Victory Day).
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Four Fundamental State Principles of Bangladesh Constitution
Nationalism, Socialism, Democracy, and Secularism (Article 8 of the Constitution of Bangladesh).
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Language Movement Martyrs Day and UNESCO Recognition
21 February 1952. Proclaimed as International Mother Language Day by UNESCO in November 1999.
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Prime Minister of the Provisional Mujibnagar Government (1971)
Tajuddin Ahmad, who served as the Prime Minister of the wartime government formed on 10 April 1971 and sworn in on 17 April 1971.
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Number of Bir Sreshtho Awardees in the 1971 Liberation War
7 highest military gallantry awards conferred for supreme valour and martyrdom during the 1971 Liberation War.
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Commander-in-Chief of the Mukti Bahini during 1971 War
General M. A. G. Osmani (General Mohammad Ataul Gani Osmani).
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Article of Constitution Guaranteeing Right to Equality Before Law
Article 27: All citizens are equal before law and are entitled to equal protection of law.
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Article Governing Writ Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court High Court Division
Article 102 empowers the High Court Division to issue orders and writs in the nature of habeas corpus, mandamus, prohibition, quo warranto, and certiorari.
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Article of Constitution Establishing the Bangladesh Public Service Commission
Article 137 mandates the establishment of one or more Public Service Commissions by law.
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Article Designating the Comptroller and Auditor-General of Bangladesh
Article 127 establishes the independent office of the Comptroller and Auditor-General (CAG).
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Article Providing for the Ombudsman of Bangladesh
Article 77 empowers Parliament to enact legislation for the establishment of the office of Ombudsman.
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Year Bangladesh Joined the United Nations
1974 (17 September 1974) as the 136th member state, addressed by Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in Bengali on 25 September 1974.
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Headquarters of the Bay of Bengal Initiative BIMSTEC
Dhaka, Bangladesh hosts the permanent Secretariat of BIMSTEC (established in 1997).
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Headquarters of the International Court of Justice (ICJ)
The Hague, Netherlands (Peace Palace), established in 1945 as the principal judicial organ of the United Nations.
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Headquarters of the International Criminal Court (ICC)
The Hague, Netherlands, established by the Rome Statute entering into force in 2002.
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Headquarters of the Bretton Woods Institutions (World Bank and IMF)
Washington, D.C., United States, established following the 1944 Bretton Woods Conference.
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Headquarters of the Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Mandaluyong (Metro Manila), Philippines, established in December 1966.
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Headquarters of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)
Beijing, China, established in 2016.
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Ramsar Wetland Site in Bangladesh
The Sundarbans Mangrove Forest (designated 1992) and Tanguar Haor in Sunamganj (designated 2000).
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Location of the Historic Signing of Instrument of Surrender in 1971
Racecourse Maidan (now Suhrawardy Udyan), Dhaka on 16 December 1971 by Lt. Gen. A. A. K. Niazi to Lt. Gen. J. S. Aurora.
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Official Name of the Parliament of Bangladesh
Jatiya Sangsad (House of the Nation), a unicameral legislature with 350 seats (300 general plus 50 reserved women seats).
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Architect of the National Parliament Building (Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban)
Louis I. Kahn, celebrated American architect; completed in Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka in 1982.
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Designer of the National Martyrs' Memorial (Jatiya Smriti Soudho) at Savar
Syed Mainul Hossain, featuring seven pairs of triangular prism walls representing seven historic chapters.
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Significance of the 1954 United Front (Yukta Front) 21-Point Programme
Landmark political charter led by A. K. Fazlul Huq, H. S. Suhrawardy, and Maulana Bhashani that routed the Muslim League in the 1954 East Bengal election.

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