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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==
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* [[President of Bangladesh|President]]: [[Syed Nazrul Islam]] (until 12 January), [[Abu Sayeed Chowdhury]] (starting 12 January)
* [[Prime Minister of Bangladesh|Prime Minister]]: [[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]] (starting 12 January)
* [[Vice President of Bangladesh|Vice President]]: [[Syed Nazrul Islam]] (until 12 January); vacant thereafter
* [[Chief Justice of Bangladesh|Chief Justice]]: [[Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayem]]

==Demography==
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Demographic  Indicators for Bangladesh in 1972<ref name = WDI>{{cite web
| url = https://data.worldbank.org/country/bangladesh
| title = World Development Indicators
| publisher = The World Bank
| access-date = 9 Dec 2021}}</ref>
| Population, total
| style="text-align: right;" |66,625,706
|-
| Population density (per km<sup>2</sup>)
| style="text-align: right;" |511.8
|-
| Population growth (annual %)
| style="text-align: right;" |1.7%
|-
| Male to Female Ratio (every 100 Female)
| style="text-align: right;" |106.9
|-
| Urban population (% of total)
| style="text-align: right;" |8.2%
|-
| Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people)
| style="text-align: right;" |46.5
|-
| Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people)
| style="text-align: right;" |19.3
|-
| Mortality rate, under 5 (per 1,000 live births)
| style="text-align: right;" |221
|-
| Life expectancy at birth, total (years)
| style="text-align: right;" |46.5
|-
| Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
| style="text-align: right;" |6.9
|}

==Climate==

{{Weather box
|location = Bangladesh in 1972
|metric first = Yes
|single line = Yes
|temperature colour =
|Jan mean C = 18.7
|Feb mean C = 18.7
|Mar mean C = 25.1
|Apr mean C = 27.4
|May mean C = 29.3
|Jun mean C = 28.3
|Jul mean C = 28.3
|Aug mean C = 27.5
|Sep mean C = 28.1
|Oct mean C = 26.7
|Nov mean C = 23.2
|Dec mean C = 19.5
|year mean C = 25.1
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 1.6
|Feb precipitation mm = 25.2
|Mar precipitation mm = 25.2
|Apr precipitation mm = 105.4
|May precipitation mm = 144.1
|Jun precipitation mm = 289.1
|Jul precipitation mm = 368.
|Aug precipitation mm = 420.5
|Sep precipitation mm = 205.
|Oct precipitation mm = 98.4
|Nov precipitation mm = 3.7
|Dec precipitation mm = .4
|year precipitation mm = 1686.7
|source 1 = Climatic Research Unit (CRU) of University of East Anglia (UEA)<ref name = CCKP>{{cite web
| url = http://sdwebx.worldbank.org/climateportal/index.cfm?page=country_historical_climate&ThisRegion=Asia&ThisCCode=BGD
| title = Climate Change Knowledge Portal
| publisher = The World Bank Group
| access-date = 27 May 2018
| archive-date = 27 May 2018
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180527201746/http://sdwebx.worldbank.org/climateportal/index.cfm?page=country_historical_climate&ThisRegion=Asia&ThisCCode=BGD
| url-status = dead
}}</ref>
}}

==Economy==
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Key Economic  Indicators for Bangladesh in 1972<ref name = "WDI" />
! colspan="4" style="background: #ffdead;" | National Income
|-
!  style="background: #ffffcd;" | ||style="background: #ffffcd;" |  Current US$ || style="background: #ffffcd;" |Current BDT || style="background: #ffffcd;" |% of GDP
|-
| GDP || style="text-align: right;" |$6.3 billion || style="text-align: right;" |BDT37.7 billion || style="text-align: right;" |
|-
| GDP growth (annual %) || colspan="3"  style="text-align: right;" |-14.0%
|-
| GDP per capita || style="text-align: right;" |$94.4 || style="text-align: right;" |BDT566 || style="text-align: right;" |
|-
| Agriculture, value added || style="text-align: right;" |$3.7 billion || style="text-align: right;" |BDT22.5 billion || style="text-align: right;" |59.6%
|-
| Industry, value added || style="text-align: right;" |$.4 billion || style="text-align: right;" |BDT2.3 billion || style="text-align: right;" |6.1%
|-
| Services, etc., value added || style="text-align: right;" |$2.2 billion || style="text-align: right;" |BDT13.0 billion || style="text-align: right;" |34.3%
|}
Note: For the year 1972 average official exchange rate for [[Bangladeshi taka|BDT]] was 7.70 per US$.

==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.<ref name="Bangladesh 2003 p110">''Encyclopaedia of Bangladesh'' (Anmol Publications, 2003), p110</ref>
* 10 January – Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the "Bangabandhu" and "Father of Bangladesh", returned to Dhaka at {{Nowrap|1:30 pm}} to a hero's welcome.<ref name="Bangladesh 2003 p110"/>
* 19 February – The 25-year [[Indo-Bangladeshi Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Peace]] is signed in Dhaka.
* 17 March – Indian prime minister [[Indira Gandhi]] visited prime minister Sheikh Mujibur Rahman [[Birthday of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman|on his birthday]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.kalbela.com/ajkerpatrika/joto-mot-toto-path/73707|title=স্বাধীন দেশে বঙ্গবন্ধুর প্রথম জন্মদিনে এসেছিলেন ইন্দিরা গান্ধী|lang=bn|date=17 March 2024|access-date=14 June 2024|newspaper=Daily Kalbela|archive-date=14 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240614001025/https://www.kalbela.com/ajkerpatrika/joto-mot-toto-path/73707|url-status=live}}</ref> Indian army leaves Dhaka.
* 19 March – The prime ministers of Bangladesh and [[India]] sign the Joint Rivers Commission.<ref>{{cite book |last=Faruque |first=HS Mozaddad |year=2012 |chapter=Joint Rivers Commission |chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Joint_Rivers_Commission |editor1-last=Islam |editor1-first=Sirajul |editor1-link=Sirajul Islam |editor2-last=Jamal |editor2-first=Ahmed A. |title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |edition=Second |publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]]}}</ref>
* 26 March – Regulations passed allowing large scale nationalization of various industries including banks, manufacturing and trading enterprises.<ref>{{cite book |last=Ramanadham |first=V. V. |date=10 March 1993 |title=Privatization, a global perspective |url=https://pdfsu.com/lib.php?q=read/privatisation-a-global-perspective&ref=springlosangeles.com |location=U.K. |publisher=Routledge |page=326 |isbn=9780415075664 }}</ref>
* 4 April – [[The United States of America]] officially recognized [[Bangladesh]].<ref>{{cite web
| url = https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1969-76ve07/ch5?start=31
| title = Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969–1976, Volume E–7, Documents on South Asia, 1969–1972
| publisher = Office of the Historian, United States Department of State
| access-date = 9 October 2018}}</ref>
* [[Smallpox]] outbreak in [[Khulna]] Municipality leads to 1384 cases and 372 deaths between 28 April and 22 June 1972.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Sommer|first=A. |date=1 April 1974 |title=The 1972 Smallpox Outbreak in Khulna Municipality, Bangladesh: II. Effectiveness of Surveillance and Containment in Urban Epidemic Control |journal=American Journal of Epidemiology |volume=99|issue=4 |doi=10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a121615 |pmid=4818720 |pages=303–13}}</ref>
* 4 June – A crowded passenger train from [[Khulna]] crashes into a stationary freight train at [[Jessore District|Jessore]] when the stationmaster throws the wrong switch; 76 people are killed and about 500 injured.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.history.ca/history-topics/latest/june-4-1972-trains-collide-in-bangladesh/| title=June 4, 1972—Trains collide in Bangladesh| publisher=History Canada| date=4 June 2017| access-date=23 March 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180325171544/http://www.history.ca/history-topics/latest/june-4-1972-trains-collide-in-bangladesh/| archive-date=25 March 2018| url-status=dead}}</ref>
* 25 August – The first [[veto]] by [[China]] in the [[Security Council]] barred Bangladesh from membership in the [[United Nations]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Alden|first=Robert|date=26 August 1972 |title=China's First U. N. Veto Bars Bangladesh |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1972/08/26/archives/chinas-first-un-veto-bars-bangladesh-soviet-union-and-india-are.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=9 October 2018}}</ref>
* 4 November – Constitution of the People's Republic of Bangladesh is adopted by the Assembly.
* 16 December – [[Constitution of Bangladesh]] comes into effect.

===Sports===
* '''Domestic [[Association football|football]]''':
** [[File:Salauddin Pic.jpg|thumb|right|[[Kazi Salahuddin]] was an integral part of Bangladeshi football in 1972|alt=Salauddin Pic.jpg]] [[Bangladesh Football Federation]] was founded on 15 July.<ref>{{cite web|title =BFF info| work =bangladeshdir.com| url =http://www.bangladeshdir.com/recreation-and-sports/football/bangladesh-football-federation-bff/| access-date =22 October 2018| archive-date =17 August 2018| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20180817210435/http://www.bangladeshdir.com/recreation-and-sports/football/bangladesh-football-federation-bff/|url-status =dead}}</ref>
**  On 13 February, a match between President XI and Bangladesh XI took place at the [[Bangabandhu National Stadium|Dhaka Stadium]] in the presence of [[Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]], this was the first football match in independent Bangladesh. The President XI won the match 2–0, with goals from [[Golam Sarwar Tipu]] and Abdul Ghafoor.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.prothomalo.com/sports/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%99%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A7%E0%A7%81-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%9B%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%8B-%E0%A6%96%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B2|date= 13 February 2022|language=bn|title=বঙ্গবন্ধু বলেছিলেন, ‘তোরা ভালো খেল’|trans-title=Bangabandhu said, 'You all played well'.|first=মাসুদ|last=আলম|website=Prothomalo|access-date=2022-08-30|archive-date=2022-09-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220929080043/https://www.prothomalo.com/sports/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%99%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A7%E0%A7%81-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%9B%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%8B-%E0%A6%96%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B2|url-status=live}}</ref>
** [[Mohammedan Sporting Club (Dhaka)|Mohammedan SC]] won the first edition of the [[Independence Cup (Bangladesh)|Independence Cup]], while East End Club came out runners-up. This was the first football tournament arranged in the newly independent nation.<ref>{{Cite web|date=7 May 2016|url=https://kironsportsdesk.com/2016/05/07/%e0%a7%aa%e0%a7%aa-%e0%a6%ac%e0%a6%9b%e0%a6%b0-%e0%a6%86%e0%a6%97%e0%a7%87-%e0%a6%aa%e0%a7%8d%e0%a6%b0%e0%a6%a5%e0%a6%ae-%e0%a6%b8%e0%a7%8d%e0%a6%ac%e0%a6%be%e0%a6%a7%e0%a7%80%e0%a6%a8%e0%a6%a4/|language=bn|title=৪৪ বছর আগে প্রথম স্বাধীনতা কাপে মোহামেডানের চ্যাম্পিয়নের নায়ক সালাউদ্দিন|trans-title=Salahuddin was the hero of Mohammedan's triumph in the first Independence Cup 44 years ago|website=Kiron's Sports Desk|archive-date=30 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231130145801/https://kironsportsdesk.com/2016/05/07/%E0%A7%AA%E0%A7%AA-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%9B%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A5%E0%A6%AE-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A7%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%A4/|url-status=live}}</ref>
** On 11 May 1972, India's [[Mohun Bagan AC]] (played as "Gostha Pal XI") was the first foreign football club to visit independent Bangladesh, took on [[Independence Cup (Bangladesh)|Independence Cup]] champions [[Mohammedan Sporting Club (Dhaka)|Mohammedan SC]]. The Indian's won the game 1–0. On 13 May, Mohun Bagan took on the "Dhaka XI", who were the unofficial Bangladesh national team (as Bangladesh were not yet an AFC or FIFA member), consisting of the best players in the country at the time. Dhaka XI striker [[Kazi Salahuddin]] scored the only of the game in front of more than 35,000 spectators at the [[Bangabandhu National Stadium|Dhaka Stadium]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.prothomalo.com/sports/football/%E0%A7%AD-%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BF-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B7%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF-%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A7%9F%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%A2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A7%9F-%E0%A6%8F%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%9B%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B2-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8|title=৭ কোটি মানুষের জন্য ভালোবাসা নিয়ে ঢাকায় এসেছিল মোহনবাগান|first=Masud|last=Alam|website=www.prothomalo.com|publisher=[[Prothom Alo|The Daily Prothom Alo]]|language=bn|trans-title=Mohun Bagan came to Dhaka with love for 7 crore people|location=Dhaka, Bangladesh|agency=|date=19 April 2022|access-date=19 October 2022|archive-date=2 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221002192020/https://www.prothomalo.com/sports/football/%E0%A7%AD-%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BF-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B7%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF-%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A7%9F%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%A2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A7%9F-%E0%A6%8F%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%9B%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B2-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8}}</ref>
**In August of that year, Dhaka XI travelled to India's [[Guwahati]] to take part in the [[Bordoloi Trophy]]. The team finished runners-up behind [[East Bengal Club]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://kironsportsdesk.com/?p=687|title=ফুটবল ইতিহাসে সালাউদ্দিন নামটি বড় করে লেখা থাকবে|trans-title=Salahuddin name will be written big in football history|date=26 September 2012|language=bn|website=Kiron's Sports Desk|archive-date=30 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231130150142/https://kironsportsdesk.com/2012/09/26/%E0%A6%AB%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B2-%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8/|url-status=live}}</ref>
** [[Abahani Krira Chakra]] was founded.
* '''Domestic [[cricket]]''':
** [[Bangladesh Cricket Board|Bangladesh Cricket Control Board]] was founded.

==Births==
* [[Al-Amin Hossain]], cricketer
* [[Asif Akbar]], singer
* [[Riaz (actor)|Riaz Uddin Ahamed Siddique]], actor
* [[Aminul Islam (trade unionist)|Aminul Islam]], trade unionist
* [[Avijit Roy]], writer and blogger
* [[Mohamed Mahbub Alam]], sprinter

==Deaths==
[[File:Zahir Raihan (1935–1972).jpg|right|120px|thumb|[[Zahir Raihan]]]]
* [[30 January]] – [[Zahir Raihan]], novelist, writer and filmmaker (b. 1935)
* [[25 February]] – [[Syed Muhammed Taifoor]], historian and writer (b. 1885)
* [[6 April]] – [[Syed Nausher Ali]], politician (b. 1891)
* [[1 May]] – [[Shah Abdul Hamid]], politician and legislator (b. 1900)
* [[12 May]] – [[Kafiluddin Chowdhury]], politician and legislator (b. 1898)
* [[9 September]] – [[AKM Fazlul Kabir Chowdhury]], politician and legislator
* [[30 November]] – [[Mokarram Hussain Khundker]], professor and researcher (b. 1922)

== See also ==
* [[1970s in Bangladesh]]
* [[List of Bangladeshi films of 1972]]

==References==
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