1974 in Bangladesh explained

The year 1974 was the third year after the independence of Bangladesh. It was also the third year of the first post-independence government in Bangladesh. The year saw a period of mass starvation beginning in March 1974 and ending in about December of the same year. The famine, allegedly causing death of a million people, is considered the worst in recent decades.

Incumbents

Demography

Population, total
68,742,222
Population density (per km²)	528.1
Population growth (annual %)	1.6%
Male to Female Ratio (every 100 Female)	106.6
Urban population (% of total)	9.0%
Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people)	45.7
Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people)	18.7
Mortality rate, under 5 (per 1,000 live births)	219
Life expectancy at birth, total (years)	47.4
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)	6.9

Economy

National Income
	Current US$	Current BDT	% of GDP
GDP	$12.5 billion	BDT99.7 billion
GDP growth (annual %)	9.6%
GDP per capita	$182.0	BDT1,450
Agriculture, value added	$7.1 billion	BDT56.5 billion	56.6%
Industry, value added	$1.7 billion	BDT13.3 billion	13.4%
Services, etc., value added	$3.8 billion	BDT29.9 billion	30.0%

Note: For the year 1974 average official exchange rate for BDT was 8.23 per US$.

Events

22 February – Pakistan recognizes Bangladesh.^[1]
17 March – Members of Jatiya Rakkhi Bahini fired upon demonstrators from the Jatiyo Samajtantarik Dal, who were blockading the residence of the Home Minister Mansur Ali, located in the Ramna area of Dhaka. The incident reportedly claimed at least fifty lives.^[2]
9 April – A tripartite agreement is signed among Bangladesh, India and Pakistan regarding post-war humanitarian issues.^[3]
16 May – A land boundary agreement was signed between Indira Gandhi and Sheikh Mujibur Rahman which provided for the exchange of enclaves and the surrender of adverse possessions.^[4]
17 September – Bangladesh joins the United Nations.
25 September – Sheikh Mujibur Rahman addresses the UN General Assembly in Bengali.^[3]
28 November – Third Amendment to the Constitution of Bangladesh was passed bringing changes in Article 2 of the constitution. An agreement was made between Bangladesh and India in respect of exchange of certain enclaves and fixation of boundary lines between the countries.^[5]
28 December – In the face of growing unrest, Prime Minister Sheikh Mujibur Rahman declares a state of emergency.^[6]

Sports

Domestic football: Abahani KC won the Dhaka League title, while Dilkusha SC came out runners-up.^[7]

Births

Ziaur Rahman, chess player
Reefat Bin-Sattar, chess player
Chanchal Chowdhury, actor
Rajeeb Samdani, industrialist
Tanzir Tuhin, musician
Bobby Hajjaj, politician
Bimal Tarafdar, sprinter

Deaths

11 February – Syed Mujtaba Ali, writer (b. 1904)
13 May – Khuda Buksh, humanitarian (b. 1912)
12 June – M. A. Hannan, politician (b. 1930)
5 October – Abul Hashim, politician (b. 1905)
2 November – Mohammad Barkatullah, writer (b. 1898)
5 November – Barada Bhushan Chakraborty, revolutionary peasant leader (b. 1901)

Notes and References

Book: 1989 . Heitzman . James . Worden . Robert . Table A. Chronology of Important Events . https://www.loc.gov/resource/frdcstdy.bangladeshcountr00heit/?sp=21 . Bangladesh: A Country Study . Washington, D.C. . Federal Research Division, Library of Congress . xvii.
Ahmad, Mahiuddin, জাসদের উত্থান ও পতনঃ অস্থির সময়ের রাজনীতি, First published 2015, p. 111, Prothoma Prakashani, Dhaka.
Web site: Bangladesh Genocide Archive » Complete Time Line . https://web.archive.org/web/20100122172711/http://www.genocidebangladesh.org/?page_id=4 . 22 January 2010 . dead. 27 August 2009 .
2. 9. October 2007. The Tin Bigha corridor 15 years on. Jason. Cons. Forum. The Daily Star. 5 June 2017. India will retain the southern half of South Berubari Union No.12 ... in exchange Bangladesh will retain the Dahagram and Angarpota enclaves. India will lease in perpetuity to Bangladesh an area ... to connect Dahagram with ... Bangladesh..
Web site: The Constitution (Third Amendment) Act. 1974.
News: 29 December 1974 . State of emergency announced in Dacca . The Tuscaloosa News . Associated Press . 6A.
Web site: List of Champions. Atsushi Fujioka for Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 16 October 2018.