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{{Infobox civil conflict<br />
| title = Farakka Long March<br />
| image = <br />
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| date= May 1976<br />
| place = [[Bangladesh]] <br />
| fatalities = <br />
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| causes = <br />
* Demolition of the [[Farakka Barrage]] constructed by India<br />
* Demanding a rightful distribution of the Ganges's water.<br />
| methods =<br />
* [[Civil resistance]]<br />
* [[Demonstration (people)|Demonstrations]]<br />
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The '''Farakka Long March''' occurred in May 1976, and was led by [[Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani]], demanding demolition of the [[Farakka Barrage]] constructed by India to divert flow of [[Ganges]] waters inside its territory, triggering the drying up of river [[Padma]] and [[desertification]] of Bangladesh.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bhasani.com |title=Bhasani's Farakka Long March |last=Haq |first=Enamul |website=Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110910120251/http://www.bhasani.com/ |archive-date=10 September 2011}}</ref> It was the first popular movement against India demanding a rightful distribution of the Ganges's water.<ref>{{cite news |title=Farakka Day Today |url=http://www.nation.ittifaq.com/issues/2010/05/16/news0070.htm |newspaper=The New Nation |date=16 May 2010 |quote=It was the first popular movement against India demanding a rightful distribution of the water of Ganges. |via=[[HighBeam Research]] |url-access=subscription }}</ref> Since then Historic Farakka Long March Day is observed on 16 May every year in Bangladesh.<ref>[http://www.thedailystar.net/2006/05/15/d60515061387.htm 30th Anniversary of Farakka Long March] [[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)|The Daily Star]],Dhaka, May 15, 2006.</ref><br />
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The-then government of Bangladesh unofficially supported Bhashani's Farakka Long March. Navy-chief Rear Admiral M. H. Khan in charge of providing logistics. Hundreds of thousands of people from all over the country gathered in [[Rajshahi]] town to participate in the Long March.<br />
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On the morning of 16 May 1976, he addressed a gathering of people at the Madrash Maidan, [[Rajshahi]], from where the Long March commenced. Hundreds of thousands of people walked more than 100 kilometers on foot for days. The March continued up to Kansat, a place near the India-Bangladesh border, close to the Farakka barrage.<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{cite web |url=http://www.bhasani.com |title=Bhasani's Farakka Long March |last=Haq |first=Enamul |website=Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110910120251/http://www.bhasani.com/ |archive-date=10 September 2011}} <!-- THIS APPEARS TO BE A USEFUL EXTERNAL LINK, BUT FOR ACTUAL REFERENCES WE NEED NEUTRAL ACADEMIC WORKS OR NEWS REPORTING --><br />
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[[Category:Bangladesh–India relations]]<br />
[[Category:1976 in Bangladesh]]<br />
[[Category:1976 in international relations]]</div>>Kku