1983 in Bangladesh explained

The year 1983 was the 12th year after the independence of Bangladesh. It was also the second year of the Government of Hussain Muhammad Ershad.

Incumbents

• President: A. F. M. Ahsanuddin Chowdhury (until 10 December), Hussain Muhammad Ershad (starting 11 December)
• Chief Justice: F.K.M. Munim

Demography

Population, total

88,338,242
Population density (per km^2)	678.6
Population growth (annual %)	2.7%
Male to Female Ratio (every 100 Female)	104.4
Urban population (% of total)	16.6%
Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people)	41.8
Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people)	13.2
Mortality rate, under 5 (per 1,000 live births)	184.3
Life expectancy at birth, total (years)	54.7
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)	5.9

Economy

National Income

	Current US$	Current BDT	% of GDP
GDP	$17.6 billion	BDT418.4 billion
GDP growth (annual %)	3.9%
GDP per capita	$204.4	BDT4,857
Agriculture, value added	$5.5 billion	BDT129.9 billion	31.0%
Industry, value added	$3.7 billion	BDT87.3 billion	20.9%
Services, etc., value added	$8.1 billion	BDT191.6 billion	45.8%
Balance of Payment
	Current US$	Current BDT	% of GDP
Current account balance	style="text-align: right;"	-$45.8 million		style="text-align: right;"	-.3%
Imports of goods and services	$2,335.8 million	BDT61.6 billion	14.7%
Exports of goods and services	$939.9 million	BDT23.4 billion	5.6%
Foreign direct investment, net inflows	$0.4 million		0.0%
Personal remittances, received	$642.4 million		3.6%
Total reserves (includes gold) at year end	$545.9 million
Total reserves in months of imports	2.7

Note: For the year 1983 average official exchange rate for BDT was 24.62 per US$.

Events

• 14 February - At least 10 people, mostly students, were killed when police opened fire on the procession against the education policy, popularly known at that time as “Majid Khan Education Policy.” The incident marked the beginning of the anti-autocracy movement against the military regime of H. M. Ershad.^[1]
• 18 February - Over 2,000 people, mostly Muslims of Bangladeshi origin, are massacred in Assam, India, during the Assam agitation.^[2]
• 20 September - The Bangladesh National Museum (Jatiya Jadughar) ordinance came into effect.^[3]
• 2 October - Grameen Bank was established through a government ordinance.^[4]
• 11 December - Hussain Muhammad Ershad takes charge as the President of Bangladesh.^[5]

Awards and recognitions

• Bangladeshi author Abdullah-Al-Muti won the UNESCO Kalinga Prize.^[6]

Independence Day Award

Recipients	Area	Note
	literature
	education	posthumous
	education
	medical science	organization

Ekushey Padak

1. Shawkat Osman (literature)
2. Sanaul Huq (literature)
3. Abdul Gaffar Chowdhury (literature)
4. M A Kuddus (education)
5. Shahidullah Kaisar (journalism)
6. Syed Nur Uddin (journalism)
7. Abu Jafar Shamsuddin (literature)
8. Mohammad Kibria (painting)
9. Barin Mazumder (music)
10. Muhammad Mansuruddin

Sports

• Domestic football:
  • Abahani KC won Dhaka League title while Mohammedan SC became runner-up.^[7]
  • Mohammedan SC won the title of Bangladesh Federation Cup.^[8]

Births

• 11 April – Munem Wasif, photographer
• 28 May – Mamnun Hasan Emon, actor

Deaths

• 26 January – Selina Banu, freedom fighter and social activist (b. 1926)
• 12 February – Benajir Ahmed, author (b. 1903)
• 4 May – Abul Fazal, author (b. 1903)
• 28 August – MA Wadud, language activist (b. 1925)
• 22 October – Khondakar Abdul Hamid, journalist (b. 1918)
• 10 November – Manabendra Narayan Larma, human rights activist (b. 1939)
• 28 August – MA Wadud, language activist (b. 1925)
• 31 December – Mohammad Sultan, language activist (b. 1926)

See also

• 1980s in Bangladesh
• Timeline of Bangladeshi history

Notes and References

1. News: Anti-autocracy day . bdnews24.com . 14 February 2013.
2. News: Kokrajhar . Dhubri . Killing for a homeland . The Economist Banyan blog . 24 August 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120825124214/https://www.economist.com/blogs/banyan/2012/08/ethnic-fissures-assam . 25 August 2012 . subscription .
3. Web site: Bangladesh National Museum . 15 February 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080130115247/http://www.bangladeshmuseum.gov.bd/history.htm . 30 January 2008 . dead.
4. Book: Rahman, Aminur . 2001 . First published 1999 . Women and Microcredit in Rural Bangladesh: Anthropological Study of the Rhetoric and Realities of Grameen Bank Lending . limited . . . 4–5 . 0-8133-3930-8.
5. News: Bangladesh Leader in Military Regime Assumes Presidency . The New York Times . 12 December 1983.
6. Web site: Kalinga 1983 - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. www.unesco.org. 1 May 2019.
7. Web site: List of Champions. Atsushi Fujioka for Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 16 October 2018.
8. Web site: Bangladesh - List of Cup Winners. Ian King, Hans Schöggl and Erlan Manaschev for Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 30 October 2018.