Bangladesh 1947 to 2008

1947: Pakistan is born with two provinces-East Pakistan and West Pakistan.
1970: Pakistan's first general elections. Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's Awami League, wins majority. West Pakistan's leaders refuse to recognise the results, lead­ing to rioting.
1971: Awami League proclaims independence of East Pakistan (Bangladesh). 1972: Mujib becomes Prime Minister.
1975: Mujib becomes President. He is assassinated ina military coup .. 1977: General Zia Rahman assumes Presidency.
1979: Zia's Bangladesh National Party wins parliamentary elections. 1981: Zia is assassinated during abortive military coup.
1982: Army Chief H. M. Ershad seizes power.
1983: Ershad becomes President
1986: Ershad elected to a five-year term.
1987: State of emergency declared following mass protests. 1990: Ershad resigns.
1991: Begum Khaleda Zia, widow of President Zia Rahman, becomes Prime min­ister.
1996: Awami League returns to power. Mujib's daughter, Sheikh Hasina Wajed becomes Prime Minister.
2001: Awamy League loses at polls to Khaleda Zia's BNP-Ied coalition.
2002: President Chowdhury resigns after BNP accuses him of bias. lajuddin Ahmed takes over as President
2004: Sheikh Hasina survives bomb attack which kills 22 people.
2006: Prime Minister Khaleda Zia completes her term. President Ahmed assumes caretaker role for period leading to elections. Awami League accuses Presi­dent Ahmed of bias; announces poll boycott. Bangladesh Grameen Bank founder Muhammed Yunus wins Nobel Peace Prize.
2007: State of emergency declared amid violence in the election run-up. Poll postponed. Fakhruddin Ahmed appointed head of caretaker government.
2007: Sheikh Hasina, Kha/eda Zia and several other politicians arrested in an anti­corruption drive.
2008: Bangladesh [arnaat-e-lslarni Chief Motiur Rahman arrested.