Bengal UnfoldedA Bilingual Gazette
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Battle of Plassey, 1757
1757 · Plassey
Language Movement, 1952
1952 · Language
Liberation War, 1971
1971 · Liberation
Partition of Bengal and Swadeshi movement, 1905
1905 · Partition
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Discover Bengal · Unfolded

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Shahidul Alam Detention and Free Speech Debate, 2018

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Newspaper archive / human rights documentation

Sensitive archive source on Shahidul Alam’s arrest, DSA-style speech control context, and the global free-speech reaction.

Est. 1947 · Bengal✺A Bilingual Archive

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reference-sources · Encyclopedia and Archive Reference

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2018

A Year of Protest, Control, and Contested Legitimacy

In 2018, Bangladesh saw a compressed sequence of youth-led protest, legislative tightening, and electoral confrontation. The Quota Reform Movement and Safe Road Movement showed how students could rapidly organize around fairness, accountability, and everyday governance. The Digital Security Act then sharpened anxiety over speech and state power, while the 11th Parliamentary Election at the end of the year deepened debate over participation, legitimacy, and the future of democratic competition.