Today is Independence Day in Bangladesh. The holiday celebrates the declaration of the Independence of Bangladesh in 1971. It is the National Holiday of Bangladesh.
In 1947, India was partitioned by the British, creating the ‘Dominion of Pakistan’, which was two separate regions to the north west and north east of India. The new dominion was governed from West Pakistan, which led to frictions between the two regions, with the first signs of a movement for autonomy for East Pakistan appearing in 1949.
In the 1970 general elections, the Bangla-based Awami League, led by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman won an overall majority, but the West Pakistani regime was reluctant to hand over power. On 25 March 1970, Pakistani troops were used to quell the growing unrest. This led to the Independence of Bangladesh being declared by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on 26 March 1971, and marked the start of the war of Independence. In November 1970, India entered the war, supporting East Pakistan. This led to victory for East Pakistan on 16 December 1970 (marked by the Victory Day holiday).
On gaining it’s independence, East Pakistan was renamed Bangladesh.
It’s creepy Easter Bunny time!!
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I was in line behind a guy buying condoms when his card got declined. The little old lady behind me whispered, “He just got cock blocked by Visa.”
Someone found a hole in the nudist colony fence. Police are looking into it.
Reading way above my grade level didn’t get me as far in life as I had hoped.
Every time I think I have a new hobby, it turns out I just like to buy stuff.
We keep a potato masher in a drawer because sometimes it’s fun not to be able to open that drawer.
I asked the kid working at McDonald’s if the Shamrock shakes were made with real Shamrocks. He went to ask the manager.
I’m writing a new book called “How to be concise and get straight to the point using the minimum of definitive words necessary to convey your meaning as clearly as possible without overly long descriptions and explanations.
I finally told my kids that St. Patrick wasn’t real…and that it’s actually been me putting snakes under their pillows every year.
Telling an Irish girl to calm down is like trying to baptize a cat.
I was so traumatized from being born I couldn’t walk for a year and couldn’t speak for two.
Anger management class postponed for classroom repairs.
I hope my last words aren’t, “What does this thing do?”
Today is the birthday, in 1949, of Vicki Lawrence, American actress, comedian, and pop singer. In 1973, Lawrence became a one-hit wonder songstress, landing on the US chart with the No. 1 ‘The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia’. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52JAjsUAINQ&list=RD52JAjsUAINQ&start_radio=1
