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unusual facts about Dacca



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Garo language

Dialects include A·being or Am·being, A·chick (A·chik), Atong, A·we, Chisak, Duwal, Dacca, Ganching, Kamrup, Matchi.

History of cricket in Bangladesh

1980: In January, Pakistan tours Bangladesh for a 2-day match in Chittagong and a 3-day sellout match in Dacca.

Pannu

The battalion was airdropped near Tangail (now in Bangladesh) and tasked to cut off the 93 Brigade of Pakistani Army which was retreating from the north to defend Dacca and its approaches.

Paritosh Sen

He was born in Dhaka (then known as Dacca), the present-day capital of Bangladesh.

PIA Flight 17

Pakistan International Airlines Flight 17 was a scheduled domestic flight from Dacca to Faridpur in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) operated by a Sikorsky S-61 twin-engined helicopter.

Rashed Khan Menon

The Menon-Zafar group built a base in Khulna (in Begerhat), amongst workers near Dacca and had a student group named Revolutionary Students Union.

Sagat Singh

For his leadership and command for the race to Dacca the Government of India honored Sagat Singh through an award of Padma Bhushan, Sagat Singh being the only other corps commander besides T N Raina and Sartaj Singh to be so awarded in 1971.

Saleh Ahmed

Mohammad Saleh Ahmed (born on 2 February 1969 in Faridpur, Dacca (now Dhaka) is a First class and List A cricketer from Bangladesh.

Shaikh Nazrul Bakar

Bakar joined the elite Indian Civil Service in 1935 and was initially posted in several major cities of Bengal including Dacca and Calcutta.

Syed Murad Ahmed Khairi

He completed his B.A. (honors) in Economics and M.A. from Dacca University in 1954 and was selected to join the Foreign Service after competitive examinations in 1954.


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