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Model Diplomat Research Team · Last reviewed June 22, 2026

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- August 2024 was the month in which Bangladesh's Awami League government collapsed and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina fled, ending fifteen years of rule.
- What was the immediate trigger of the August 2024 Bangladesh uprising?
- Who led the interim government formed after Sheikh Hasina's fall?
- Why is the constitutional basis of the August 2024 interim government significant?
- How did August 2024 affect India–Bangladesh relations?

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1. 5 August 2024

   August 2024 is, for South Asian exam purposes, defined principally by the climactic phase of the Bangladesh student-led mass uprising — the July Revolution o…

2. 21 July 2024

   Despite the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court paring the quota down to 5% on , the movement broadened into a 'one-point demand' for Hasina's resignatio…

3. 6 August 2024

   President Mohammed Shahabuddin dissolved the Jatiya Sangsad (Parliament) on , and on 8 August 2024 Nobel laureate economist Professor Muhammad Yunus, founder…

4. 8 August 2024

   President Mohammed Shahabuddin dissolved the Jatiya Sangsad (Parliament) on 6 August 2024, and on Nobel laureate economist Professor Muhammad Yunus, founder…

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On 5 August 2024, Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled to India after a student-led uprising; Muhammad Yunus was sworn in as Chief Adviser of the interim government on 8 August 2024.

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