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The Bangladesh liberation war occured and Bangladesh became independent.
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Sheikh Mujib becomes president of Bangladesh.
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Islam becomes state religion.
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Awami League won the elections.
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Two-thirds of the country was devastated by the worst floods ever.
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Bomb kills 10 people at mass in a Roman Catholic church.
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The parliament reserves 45 seats for female members.
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Awami League politician Shah AMS Kibria is killed in a grenade attack.
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Muslims attacked Buddhist villages after a Koran was burnt.
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The Supreme Court executed Abdul Kader Mullah of the Islami party, who perpetrated crimes against humanity during the 1971 war of independence.