Major events in Bangabandhu's life
17 March 1920 - Born in Tungipara, Gopalganj, to Sheikh Lutfur Rahman, a court clerk of Gopalganj civil court, and Sayera Khatun
1934 - Withdraws from school to undergo eye surgery, which would keep him away from studies for four years
1938 - Returns to school
1939 - Meets Sher-e-Bangla AK Fazlul Huq and Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy for the first time
1940 - Joins All India Muslim Students Federation
1942 - Passes his Matriculation from Gopalganj Missionary School.
1943 - Joins the Bengal Muslim League
1944 - Passes Intermediate of Arts from Islamia College (now Maulana Azad College), Kolkata
1946 - Becomes general secretary of the Islamia College Students Union
1947 - Passes BA from Islamia College
28 September 1947 - Becomes father of Sheikh Hasina, who will later become the prime minister, like her father
4 January 1948 - Co-founds East Pakistan Muslim Chhatra (Students) League
17 March 1948 - Expresses solidarity with the employees of Dhaka University
26 March 1949 - Expelled from Dhaka University for 'inciting the class IV employees' in their agitation against the university's indifference towards their legitimate demands
23 June 1949 - Appointed joint secretary of newly formed East Pakistan Awami Muslim League
14 February 1952 - Hunger strikes from jail during Bhasha Andolon (language movement). His fasting was effective 13 days. On 26 February, he was released from jail.
1953 - Becomes general secretary of East Pakistan Awami Muslim League
1954 - Elected to the East Bengal Legislative Assembly on a United Front coalition ticket, which follows seven months in jail
21 October 1955 - Re-elected general secretary of Awami League
1956 - Appointed minister of industries, commerce, labour, anti-corruption and village aid.
1957 - Resigns as a minister to work full-time for the party
11 October 1958 - Jailed again as a political prisoner, this time for 14 months
1964 - Arrested two weeks before the election that pitted Fatima Jinnah against Ayub Khan. Charged with sedition and jailed for a year for supporting Fatima
1 March 1966 - Elected president of Awami League
1966 - Arrested numerous times for advocating the six-point (Chhay Dafa)
1968 - Arrested and tried in 'Agartala Shorjontro Mamla' (Agartala Conspiracy Case)
22 February 1969 - Released from jail
23 February 1969 - Tofail Ahmed gives honorary title of "Bangabandhu" (Friend of Bengal)
7 December 1970 - Leads Awami League to landslide victory in general elections
7 March 1971 - Delivers the historic speech in Racecourse Maydan with over a million in the crowd
26 March 1971 - Picked up by the Pakistan military as the liberation war begins
8 January 1972 - Released from prison in Pakistan, about three weeks after Bangladesh achieves its victory
10 January 1972 - Returns to Bangladesh
12 January 1972 - Steps down as president and becomes prime minister
1973 - Leads Awami League to victory in Bangladesh's first ever general elections
February 1974 - Joins the Organisation of Islamic Conference (now Cooperation) summit in Islamabad
24 September 1974 - Addresses General Assembly of the United Nations in Bangla
25 January 1975 - The fourth amendment to the constitution was passed, replacing the parliamentary system with a presidential system, reducing the power of the national parliament and the Supreme Court, and codifying a one-party state into law.
Bangabandhu becomes president and replaces all political parties with Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League (BAKSAL)
15 August 1975 - Assassinated in his home in Dhanmondi, Dhaka, along with most of his family members
* Compiled by Quamrul Hassan from variuous sources