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  2. Operation Jackpot - Wikipedia

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    Operation Jackpot (Bengali: অপারেশন জ্যাকপট) was a codename for three operations undertaken by the Mukti Bahini in former East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) against the Federation of Pakistan at the climax of the Bangladesh Liberation War.

  3. National Mourning Day (Bangladesh) - Wikipedia

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    National Mourning Day of Bangladesh is a commemorative and former public holiday in Bangladesh. [1] Before 2024, on 15 August of every year, the day is observed with mourning. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The day was also observed officially and nationally during the government led by Awami League .

  4. Independence Day (India) - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 9 December 2024. Public holiday celebrated on 15 August "15 August 1947" and "August 15, 1947" redirect here. For other uses, see August 1947 § August 15, 1947 (Friday). The flag of India hoisted at the Red Fort in Delhi ; hoisted flags are a common sight on Independence Day. Observed by India Type ...

  5. Sheikh Kamal - Wikipedia

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    After independence, he left the military at the rank of captain to return to Dhaka University, where he graduated with honors in sociology. Days before his death on 15 August 1975, Kamal completed his master's degree in sociology from Dhaka University. [4] He liked an athlete, Sultana Khuki, who was the first female blue of Dhaka University.

  6. Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy - Wikipedia

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    Suhrawardy formed several Bengali Muslim political groups, including the Calcutta Khilafat Committee during the 1920s amid the dissolution of the Ottoman caliphate and the Turkish War of Independence; [20] the Bengal Muslim Election Board; the United Muslim Party; and the Independent Muslim Party.

  7. Timeline of Bangladeshi history - Wikipedia

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    14 & 15 August: Partition of British India, Pakistan and India become two independent states. 1948: 11 March: General strike by students protesting at the exclusion of Bengali as an official language. 21 March: Governor-General of Pakistan Muhammad Ali Jinnah declares in a civic reception that "Urdu, and only Urdu" will remain as the state ...

  8. 75th Anniversary of Indian Independence - Wikipedia

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    Commemorates the 75th anniversary of the independence of India: Celebrations: Flag hoisting, parade, fireworks, singing patriotic songs and the national anthem Jana Gana Mana, speech by the prime minister of India and president of India: Begins: 12 March 2021: Ends: 15 August 2023: Date: 15 August 2022: Frequency: Annual: First time: 15 August ...

  9. Military coups in Bangladesh - Wikipedia

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    The 15 August 1975 Bangladesh coup d'état was a military coup launched by mid ranking army officers in Bangladesh on 15 August 1975. The officers planned to put an end to the socialist one-party state regime of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman with a nationalist democratic government led by Khandaker Mushtaque Ahmed.