1. Dev 101
Synthesis
Mr. Rehan Ahmed
Group II

2. L1 Bangladesh-Land, People &
Language
• Land:
– Area: 144,ooo sq. km
and EEZ
– Tropical Climate
– Delta & Mangrove
– 3 Major Rivers &
Tracts
• People:
– Proto-Austroloid
– Mongoloid
– Dravidians
– Aryans
• Language:
– Gaudi & Magdi
– Old Bangla
– Medieval Bangla
– Modern Bangla
– 13th Cent. Arabic Persian &
Turkish
– 16th C. Portuguese
– 1801 Fort William College
– Tagore, Roy and Nazrul
• Name:
Vanga Bengala
Vangal Bengal
Bangalah Bangladesh

3. L2- Native Rulers and Kings
• 400B.C. to 699 A.D.
• 8 Janapadas 400B.C. to
699 A.D.
• Shashanka 6th Cent.
• Matsyanyam 637-756A.D.
• Pala Dynasty
– Mid 8th Cent.
– 400yrs
– Buddism
• Sena Dynasty
– End 12th Cent.
– Vijaya Sena
– Vallala Sena
– Hindu Caste System
– Laksman Sena
• Mohd. Bakhtiar Khalji
– 1204 to 1206
– Muslim Period
• Shah Period
– Ilias Shah
– 11342 to 1487
• Afgan Rule 1539-1576
• Bara-Bhuiyans
• Mugal Period
– 1576 till 1757
– Shaista Khan,
– Murshid-Quli Khan
– Ali Bardi Khan
– Sirajuddaula,
– Mir Jafar 1757

4. L3- Archeological Sites
• Mahasthangarh
– Aka Pundronogor
– Vasu Vihara
– Gavinda Vita
– Bahula Lakhindar Medh
• Paharpur
– Aka Shampur vihara
– Holud Vihara
– Shitakot Vihara
– Jagaddal
• Mainamoti
– Excavated during WWII
– Buddhist Monasteries
– Shalvan Vehara
– 300 gold coins
• Kutila Mura
– Abbasi Coin Found
• Wari-Bateshwar
– Ancient greek symbols
found
• National Martyrs’
Memorial
• Shaheed Minar
• Badhya Bhumi Smrti
Soudha
• Lalbagh Fort
• Ahsan Manzil
• High Court Building
• Liberation War Museum

5. L4- British Colonial
• 1757- Battle of Palashi,
Boxer War, Lord Clive’s
Dual System
• 1770 Bengal Famine
• Lord Warren Hastings
• 1793 Permanent
Settlement Act & Sun-
Set Law of Lord
Cornwallis
• 1885 INC
• 1905 First Partition
– Lord Curzon
• 1906 AIML
• 1911 1st Partition
Withdrawn
• 1936 KPP
• 1937 First Election
• 1940 Lahore Resolution
– Two nation Theory
• 1943 Great Bengal
Famine
• 1947 India and Pakistan
Formed

6. L5- Resistance From Below
• Fakir Sannayasi
– 1760s-1790s
– Majnu Shah, Lt.Brenam
– West Bengal
• Titu Mir 1831
– Against Brits & Zamidars
– Bamboo Fort
• Faraizi Movement
– 1837
– Hazi Shariatullah
– Dudu Miah
– Khilafat Rule
• Santal Rebellion
– 1855-1856
– Peaceful Tribal People
• Sepoy Revolt
– 1857
– 1st Armed Resistance
• Indigo Resistance
– 1859-62
– Planters protested
• Tebhaga Movement
– 1940s
– Zamidars Vs Farmers

7. L6- East Pakistan Vs West
Pakistan
• Language Movement 1952
• United Front 1954
• Students’ Movement 1962
• 1966 Six Point Program
• Agartala Conspiracy Case 1968
• Mass Upsurge 1969
• National Election 1970

8. L7- Liberation War 1971
• Election & Race Course Speech 7th March
• Operation Searchlight 25th March
• Zia-ur Rahman’s Declaration 26th March
• Mujibnagar Government 10th April
– Soyed Nazrul Islam -Tajuddin Ahmed
• Genocide 1971
• Mukti Bahini
• 11 Sectors Division
• 14th Dec. Mass Intellects Murdered
• 16th Dec. Victory Day

9. L9 Political Development
• 10th Jan 1972 Sheik
Mujib’s return
• 1973 First Election
• 1974 Famine
• 1975 Mujib Murdered
• Khalid Musharaf &
Khondokar Mustak’s
Coup
• Murder of the 4
National Leaders
• Zia-ur-Rahman & Col.
Tahir
• 1977 Zia president
• 1981 Zia Murdered
• 1982 to 1990 Ershad’s
Reign
• ‘91-’96 BNP
• ‘96-’01 AWAMI league
• ‘01 to ‘06 BNP
• ’07 to ’08 Care Taker
Govt.
• 2008 to present
AWAMI league

10. Thank You