1972 in Bangladesh

1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1972nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 972nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 72nd year of the 20th century, and the 3rd year of the 1970s decade.

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See also:Other events of 1972
List of years in Bangladesh

The year 1972 was the first year after the independence of Bangladesh. It was also the first year of the first post-independence government in Bangladesh.

Incumbents
Mujibur
Rahman

Demography
Demographic Indicators for Bangladesh in 1972[1]
Population, total 67,597,470
Population density (per km2) 519.3
Population growth (annual %) 1.8%
Male to Female Ratio (every 100 Female) 104.8
Urban population (% of total) 8.2%
Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people) 47.1
Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people) 19.2
Mortality rate, under 5 (per 1,000 live births) 221.7
Life expectancy at birth, total (years) 47
Fertility rate, total (births per woman) 6.9

Climate
Climate data for Bangladesh in 1972
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Daily mean °C (°F) 18.7
(65.7)		 18.7
(65.7)		 25.1
(77.2)		 27.4
(81.3)		 29.3
(84.7)		 28.3
(82.9)		 28.3
(82.9)		 27.5
(81.5)		 28.1
(82.6)		 26.7
(80.1)		 23.2
(73.8)		 19.5
(67.1)		 25.1
(77.2)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 1.6
(0.06)		 25.2
(0.99)		 25.2
(0.99)		 105.4
(4.15)		 144.1
(5.67)		 289.1
(11.38)		 368.
(14.5)		 420.5
(16.56)		 205.
(8.1)		 98.4
(3.87)		 3.7
(0.15)		 .4
(0.02)		 1,686.7
(66.41)
Source: Climatic Research Unit (CRU) of University of East Anglia (UEA)[2]

Economy
Key Economic Indicators for Bangladesh in 1972[1]
National Income
Current US$Current BDT% of GDP
GDP$6.3 billionBDT37.7 billion
GDP growth (annual %)-14.0%
GDP per capita$93.0BDT558
Agriculture, value added$3.7 billionBDT22.5 billion59.6%
Industry, value added$.4 billionBDT2.3 billion6.1%
Services, etc., value added$2.2 billionBDT13.0 billion34.3%

Note: For the year 1972 average official exchange rate for BDT was 7.70 per US$.

Events
  • 8 January – Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was released from the Mianwali jail and allowed to leave Pakistan after more than nine months' imprisonment. Two days later, after flying to London and Delhi, he returned to Dhaka to become the first President of Bangladesh.[3]
  • 10 January – Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the "Bangabandhu" and "Father of Bangladesh", returned to Dhaka at 1:30 pm to a hero's welcome.[3]
  • 19 February – The 25-year Indo-Bangladeshi Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Peace is signed in Dhaka.
  • 17 March – Indian army leaves Dhaka.
  • 19 March – The prime ministers of Bangladesh and India sign the Joint Rivers Commission.[4]
  • 26 March – Regulations passed allowing large scale nationalization of various industries including banks, manufacturing and trading enterprises.[5]
  • 4 April – The United States of America officially recognized Bangladesh.[6]
  • Smallpox outbreak in Khulna Municipality leads to 1384 cases and 372 deaths between 28 April and 22 June 1972.[7]
  • 4 June – A crowded passenger train from Khulna crashes into a stationary freight train at Jessore when the stationmaster throws the wrong switch; 76 people are killed and about 500 injured.[8]
  • 25 August – The first veto by China in the Security Council barred Bangladesh from membership in the United Nations.[9]
  • 4 November – Constitution of the People's Republic of Bangladesh is adopted by the Assembly.
  • 16 December – Constitution of Bangladesh comes into effect.

Sports

Births

Deaths
Zahir Raihan

See also

References
  1. "World Development Indicators". The World Bank. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  2. "Climate Change Knowledge Portal". The World Bank Group. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  3. Encyclopaedia of Bangladesh (Anmol Publications, 2003), p110
  4. Faruque, HS Mozaddad (2012). "Joint Rivers Commission". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  5. Ramanadham, V. V. (10 March 1993). Privatization, a global perspective. U.K.: Routledge. p. 326. ISBN 9780415075664.
  6. "Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969–1976, Volume E–7, Documents on South Asia, 1969–1972". Office of the Historian, United States Department of State. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  7. Sommer, A. (1 April 1974). "The 1972 Smallpox Outbreak in Khulna Municipality, Bangladesh: II. Effectiveness of Surveillance and Containment in Urban Epidemic Control". American Journal of Epidemiology. 99 (4): 303–13. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a121615. PMID 4818720.
  8. "June 4, 1972—Trains collide in Bangladesh". History Canada. 4 June 2017. Archived from the original on 25 March 2018. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  9. Alden, Robert (26 August 1972). "China's First U. N. Veto Bars Bangladesh". The New York Times. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  10. "BFF info". bangladeshdir.com.


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