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GENERAL KNOWLEDGE FOR VIVA (based on 2024 info update)

• BANGLADESH AFFAIRS

  • Constitutional name of Bangladesh: People's Republic of Bangladesh

  • English name: The People's Republic of Bangladesh

  • Capital: Dhaka.

  • Commercial capital: Chittagong.

  • National Anthem: "Amar Sonar Bangla" (আমার সোনার বাংলা) | English: My Golden Bengal.

  • National emblem: The national flower, the lotus, floating in water, surrounded by rice grains on both sides, with three interconnected leaves of the jute plant on its head and two stars on either side.

  • National Language: Bengali.

  • Area: 148,560 square kilometers (57,360 sq mi)

  • Total Boundary:

** Land border: 4427 kilometers.

** Water area: 711 kilometers.

• • Borders: 

** West Bengal, Assam, and Meghalaya in the north,
** Assam, Tripura, Mizoram, and Myanmar in the east,
** West Bengal in the west and
** Bay of Bengal in the South

• • Bordering countries: Two are India and Myanmar.

  • Border Protection Force: Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB).

  • India's Border Security Force (BSF).

  • Myanmar's border force: Border Guard Police (BGP).

  • Border with India: 4156 kilometers.

  • Border with Myanmar: 271 kilometers.

  • Territorial sea limit: 12 nautical miles.

  • Economic sea limit: 200 nautical miles or 370.40 kilometers.

  • Water area: 1 lakh 18 thousand 813 square kilometers.

  • 6 Seasons: Summer, Monsoon (Rainy), Autumn, Late Autumn, Winter, and Spring.

  • Climate: The climate of Bangladesh is tropical monsoon type...

  • Average temperature: a) Winter: Maximum temperature 29 degrees Celsius, Minimum temperature: 3 degrees Celsius, b) Summer: Maximum temperature- Degrees Celsius, minimum temperature: degrees Celsius.

  • Highest rainfall: Lalkhan -Sylhet.

  • Sunny Rain: Lalpur - Natore.

  • Rainfall: 203 centimeters.

  • Time: Greenwich Mean Time + 6 hours

  • Orir River: 576, 54 between India and Bangladesh, 3 between Myanmar and Bangladesh

  • Area of ​​Nifl: 21,657 square kilometers.

  • Bangladesh has the world's longest sea beach, Cox's Bazar, the world's largest mangrove forest, Sundarbans, St. Martin's, Kuakata Hiron Point, Jaflong, etc.

  • Bangladesh ranks eighth in the world population.

  • Population growth rate: 1.37%.

  • Population density: 1090 people.

  • Smallest ethnic group: 45.

  • The only Muslim minority: the Pangan.

  • The largest minority ethnic group: Chakma.

• War of Independence and Emergence:

  • Declaration of Independence: March 26, 1971.

  • Declaration of Independence issued: April 10, 1971.

  • The Declaration of Independence was read by: Professor M. Yusuf Ali.

  • Chief of the Mukti Bahini or Armed Forces: General Mohammad Ataul Gani Osmani.

  • Sectors of the Liberation War: 11. 

** During the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War, Rajshahi and Chapainawabganj were primarily part of Sector 7, though the area also saw operations from Sector 11. Specifically, Captain Mohiuddin Jahangir led a group of freedom fighters in the liberation of Chapainawabganj, fighting valiantly until his martyrdom on December 13th. 

• • 676 total freedom fighters.

  • Female Hero Symbol: 2 people.

  • The first country to recognize Bangladesh: Bhutan (6 December 1971).

  • The first Arab country to recognize Bangladesh was Iraq.

  •  First armed resistance: East Bengal Regiment.

  •  Independence and National Day: March 26th.

  •  Victory Day: December 16th.

• The first government:

  • Known as: Mujibnagar Government or Provisional Government.

  • Formed: April 10, 1971.

  • Oath-taking: 17 April 1971.

  • Oath recited by: Professor M. Yusuf Ali.

  • The oath-taking ceremony was conducted by: Abdul Mannan.

  • President: Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

  • Acting and Vice President: Syed Nazrul Islam.

  • Prime Minister: Tajuddin Ahmed.

  • The provisional government was formed in: Ambagan, Bhaber Para village, Baidyanath Tala (present Mujibnagar) of Meherpur district.

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