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Friday, June 25, 2021

Basic timeline of Bangladesh

This post is a basic timeline of Bangladesh. There are 31 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

• First humans (100,000 - 60,000 years ago)
• Anga kingdom (~1100 - 500 BC)
• Vanga kingdom (5th century - 2nd century BC)
• Gangaridai Empire (4th century - 1st century BC)
• Maurya Empire (322 - 184 BC)
• Chandra dynasty (327 - 1050 AD)
• Gauda Kingdom (4th century - 626 AD)
• Pala Empire (8th century - 12th century AD)
• Sena dynasty (1070-1230)
• Deva dynasty (12th century - 13th century)
• Muhammad Bakhiyar Khilji establishes Muslim rule (1204)
• Ilyas Shahi dynasty (1342-1415)
• Bengal Sultanate (1352-1576)
• Hussain Shahi dynasty (1494-1538)
• Portugal settles in Bangladesh (1517)
• Mughal Empire (1526-1857)
• Bengal Subah (1576-1765)
• Battle of Plassey (1757)
• First Partition of Bengal (1905)
• Second Partition of Bengal (1947)
• Britain rules Pakistan (1947-1971)
• East Bengal established (1947-1955)
• Leaves Muslim League (1952)
• East Pakistan established (1955-1971)
• Proclamation of Bangladeshi Independence (1971)
• Bangladesh Liberation War (1971)
• Bangladesh genocide (1971)
• Pakistani Instrument of Surrender (1971)
• Chittagong Hill Tracts conflict (1977-1997)
• Mass Uprising in Bangladesh (1990)
• Military coup d'état attempt (1996)

(This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of Bangladesh at some point. Unless specified otherwise, the dates correspond to when a nation or civilization existed, but do not necessarily correspond to occupation of Bangladesh.)