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Events on Saturday 16 December 1972 1
1972Bangladesh constitution takes effectNew nation formally adopts its founding charterThe constitution of Bangladesh, adopted by the Constituent Assembly the previous month, came into force establishing the country as a parliamentary republic. It followed the 1971 war of independence from Pakistan. Sheikh Mujibur Rahman led the new government under the document.