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1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1981st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 981st year of the 2nd millennium, the 81st year of the 20th century, and the 2nd year of the 1980s decade.

The year 1981 was the 10th year after the independence of Bangladesh. It was also the last year of the Government of Ziaur Rahman and the first year of the Government of President Abdus Sattar

Incumbents

President Ziaur Rahman
Ziaur
Rahman

Demography

Demographic Indicators for Bangladesh in 1981[1]
Population, total 81,767,516
Population density (per km2) 628.2
Population growth (annual %) 2.6%
Male to Female Ratio (every 100 Female) 106.3
Urban population (% of total) 15.8%
Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people) 42.5
Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people) 14.1
Mortality rate, under 5 (per 1,000 live births) 194
Life expectancy at birth, total (years) 53.4
Fertility rate, total (births per woman) 6.2

Climate

Climate data for Bangladesh in 1981
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Daily mean °C (°F) 18.4
(65.1) 		20.7
(69.3) 		24.2
(75.6) 		25.7
(78.3) 		27.1
(80.8) 		28.5
(83.3) 		27.7
(81.9) 		28.5
(83.3) 		27.9
(82.2) 		27.2
(81.0) 		23.4
(74.1) 		19.1
(66.4) 		24.9
(76.8)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 23.7
(0.93) 		28.7
(1.13) 		81.5
(3.21) 		396.3
(15.60) 		277.8
(10.94) 		328.8
(12.94) 		750.8
(29.56) 		351.7
(13.85) 		287.9
(11.33) 		23.
(0.9) 		2.5
(0.10) 		46.2
(1.82) 		2,598.8
(102.31)
Source: Climatic Research Unit (CRU) of University of East Anglia (UEA)[2]

Economy

Key Economic Indicators for Bangladesh in 1981[1]
National Income
Current US$ Current BDT % of GDP
GDP $20.2 billion BDT330.9 billion
GDP growth (annual %) 7.2%
GDP per capita $247.6 BDT4,047
Agriculture, value added $6.5 billion BDT105.7 billion 32.0%
Industry, value added $4.0 billion BDT65.5 billion 19.8%
Services, etc., value added $9.3 billion BDT151.2 billion 45.7%
Balance of Payment
Current US$ Current BDT % of GDP
Current account balance -$1,016.6 million -5.0%
Imports of goods and services $2,898.3 million BDT46.7 billion 14.1%
Exports of goods and services $1,001.6 million BDT17.0 billion 5.1%
Foreign direct investment, net inflows $5.4 million 0.0%
Personal remittances, received $381.1 million 1.9%
Total reserves (includes gold) at year end $159.7 million
Total reserves in months of imports 0.6

Note: For the year 1981 average official exchange rate for BDT was 17.99 per US$.

Events

  • 17 May - Sheikh Hasina, the daughter of Bangladesh founder Sheikh Mujibur Rahman returned from India after more than five years exile that began after his assassination. More than one million of her supporters turned out to welcome her return, and she urged the nation to work toward restoring democracy.[3]
  • 30 May - Ziaur Rahman, President of Bangladesh, was assassinated as he spent the night in Chittagong. Taking place at 4:00 am local time, the attack was planned by Major General Muhammed Manzur. Lt. Col. Motiur Rahman shot and killed the pajama-clad President Ziaur.[4]
  • 12 June - Abdus Sattar handed the key of historical 32 Dhanmondi House to Sheikh Hasina
  • 15 November - Abdus Sattar was confirmed as President of Bangladesh in an election suspected of being rigged. Running on the Nationalist Party ticket as one of 23 candidates, Sattar, who had been the acting President since the May 30 assassination of Ziaur Rahman, officially received 14,217,601 votes, nearly two-thirds of those cast, while runner up Kamal Hossain of the Awami League got 5,694,884.[5]

Awards and Recognitions

Independence Day Award

Recipients Area Note
Maulana Mohammad Akram Khan journalism posthumous
Abbas Uddin music posthumous
Major Abdul Ghani social work posthumous
Shamsunnahar Mahmud social work posthumous
Abbas Mirja sports posthumous
Dewan Mohammad Azraf literature
Waliullah patwari education
Ustad Khadem Hossain Khan music

Ekushey Padak

  1. Abu Rushd Matinuddin (literature)
  2. Aminul Islam (fine arts)
  3. Abdul Halim Chowdhury (music)
  4. Mumtaz Ali Khan (music)
  5. Gauhar Jamil (dance)
  6. Mohammad Zakaria (drama)
  7. Zahur Hossain Chowdhury (journalism)
  8. Obaidul Huq (journalism)
  9. Mustafa Nurul Islam (literature)

Sports

Births

Deaths

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "World Development Indicators". The World Bank. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Climate Change Knowledge Portal". The World Bank Group. Archived from the original on 27 May 2018. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  3. ^ Encyclopaedia Of Bangladesh (Anmol Publications, 2003) p109
  4. ^ William B. Milam (2009). Bangladesh and Pakistan: Flirting with Failure in South Asia. Columbia University Press. pp. 61–62. ISBN 978-0-231-70066-5.
  5. ^ "Sattar wins in Bangladesh", New London (CT) Day, 17 November 1981, p13
  6. ^ "List of Champions". Atsushi Fujioka for Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
  7. ^ "Bangladesh - List of Cup Winners". Ian King, Hans Schöggl and Erlan Manaschev for Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
  8. ^ Hasan Babli. "Antorjartik Crickete Bangladesh". Khelar Bhuban Prakashani, November 1994.


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