Bangladesh
750 AD Pala Empire (in ruling Bengal and Northern India)
1162 Sena Empire of Bengal
1352 - 1576 Bengal Sultanate
12 Jul 1576 Annexed by the Mughal Empire
02 Feb 1634 First English factory settlements granted
12 Aug 1765 Bengal under British administration
26 May 1770 British East India Company rule
02 Aug 1858 Part of British India
16 Oct 1905 Bengal Presidency partioned into East and West Bengal
01 Apr 1912 Partition annulled
01 Apr 1937 Bengal Presidency
03 Jul 1946 Divieded into East and West Bengal
14 Aug 1947 Muslim majority East Bengal part of independent Pakistan
15 Aug 1947 Hindu majority West Bengal part of independent India
14 Oct 1955 Renamed East Pakistan
07 Oct 1958 Autonomy revoked by Pakistan
26 Mar 1971 Secession from Pakistan declared as People's Republic of Bangladesh
26 Mar - 16 Dec 1971 War of Bangladeshi independence
03 Dec 1971 Indian military intervention (Indo-Pakistani war)
16 Dec 1971 Independence effective (capitulation of Pakistan)
22 Feb 1974 Independece recognised by Pakistan
Bengal
Monarchs
600-625 Shashanka
750-770 Pala, Gopala I
770-810 Pala, Dharamapala
810-850 Pala, Devapala
850-875 Pala, Vigrahapala I
875-908 Pala, Narayanapala
908-935 Pala, Rajyapala
935-952 Pala, Gopala II
952-988 Pala, Vigrahapala II
988-1038 Pala, Mahipala I
1038-1055 Pala, Nayapala
1055-1070 Pala, Vigrahapala III
1070-1075 Pala, Mahipala II
1075-1077 Pala, Shurapala
1070-1120 Pala, Ramapala
1120-1125 Pala, Kumarapala
1125-1144 Pala, Gopala III
1144-1161 Pala, Madanpala
1161-1178 Sena, Ballal Sen
1178-1205 Sena, Lakshman Sen
1205-1220 Sena, Vishwrup Sen
1220-1250 Sena, Keshavar Sen
Governors for the Delhi Sultanate
1281-1291 Ilyas, Nasirrudin Bughra I Khan
1291-1298 Ilyas, Rukunuddin Kaikaus
1298-1318 Ilyas, Shamsuddin Firoz I Shah
1318-1319 Ilyas, Ghiyasuddin Bughra II Shah
1318-1330 Ilyas, Bahadur I
1323-1325 Ilyas, Ibrahim
1323-1339 Ilyas, Azam Ulmulk
1324-1336 Ilyas, Bahram Shah
1325-1339 Ilyas, Qadr Khan
1336-1349 Ilyas, Fakhruddin Mubarak Shah
1339-1345 Ilyas, Ali Shah
1345-1357 Ilyas, Ilyas Shah
1349-1352 Ilyas, Ikhtiyaruddin Ghazi Shah
1352-1357 Ilyas, Shamsuddin Ilyas Shah
1357-1390 Ilyas, Abul Mujahin Sikandar I
1369-1410 Ilyas, Ghiyasuddin Azam Shah
1410-1412 Ilays, Saifuddin Hamza Shah
1412-1414 Ilyas, Shihabuddin Bayazid Shah
1414-1415 Ilyas, Alauddin Firuz Shah
King
1414 - 1415 Raja Ganesha (1st Time)
Sultan
1415 - 1416 Jalaluddin Mohammed Shah (1st Time)
(Yadu Ganesha)
King
1416 - 1418 Raja Ganesha (2nd Time)
Sultans
1418 - 1433 Ganesha, Jalaluddin Mohammed Shah (2nd Time)
1433 - 1436 Ganesha, Shamsuddin Ahmad Shah
1437 - 1459 Ilyas, Nasiruddin Mahmud Shah
1459 - 1474 Ilyas, Rukunuddin Barbak Shah
1474 - 1481 Ilyas, Shamsuddin Yusuf Shah
1481 Ilyas, Sikandar II Shah
1481 - 1486 Ilyas, Jalaluddin Fath Shah
1486 - 1487 Habshis, Shahzada Barbak
1487 - 1489 Habshis, Saifuddin Firoz I Shah
1489 - 1490 Habshis, Mahmud II Shah
1490 - 1494 Habshis, Shamsuddin Muzaffar
1494 - 1518 Husaini, Alauddin Husain Shah
1518 - 1533 Husaini, Nasiruddin Nusrat Shah
1533 Husaini, Alaudin Firoz II Shah
1533 - 1538 Husaini, Ghiyasuddin Mahmud Shah
Governors for the Suri Empire
1532 - 1538 Sher Shah Suri
1538 - 1541 Khidr Khan Suri
1541 - 1545 Qazi Fazilat
1545 - 1554 Mohammed Khan Sur
1555 Shahbaz Khan Kamboh
1555 - 1561 Ghiyasuddin Bahadur Shah Khizr Khan
1561 - 1563 Ghiyasuddin Jala Shah
1563 - 1564 Ghiyasuddin Shah
1564 - 1566 Karrani, Taj Khan
1566 - 1572 Karrani, Sulaiman Khan
1572 Karrani, Bayazid Khan
1572 - 1576 Karrani, Daoud Khan
Mughal Subahdars of Bengal
1697-1703 Prince Azim al-Din
Nawabs of Bengal
1717 - 30 Jun 1727 Murshid Quli Khan
(Mohammed Hadi)
30 Jun 1727 - 26 Aug 1739 Shoja ud-Din Mohammed Khan
13 Mar 1739 - 06 Apr 1740 Safaraz Khan
29 Apr 1740 - 09 Apr 1756 Alivardi Khan
09 Apr 1756 - 23 Jun 1757 Siraj Ud Uaulah
29 Jun 1757 - 20 Oct 1760 Mir Mohammed Jafar Ali Khan Bahadur
(Mir Djafa) (1st Time)
20 Oct 1760 - 07 Jul 1763 Mir Kasim Ali Khan Bahadur
07 Jul 1763 - 17 Jan 1765 Mir Mohammed Jafar Ali Khan Bahadur
(Mir Djafa) (2nd Time)
17 Jan 1765 - 03 May 1766 Najmuddin ud-din Ali Khan
(Najm ud-Dawalh)
03 May 1766 - 10 Mar 1770 Sayyid Najabat Ali Khan Bahadur
(Saif ud-Dawalh)
East Pakistan
Governors
15 Aug 1947 - 31 Mar 1950 Sir Frederick Chalmers Bourne .... 1891-1977
01 Apr 1950 - 31 Mar 1953 Malik Firoz Khan Nun ............. 1893-1970
01 Apr 1953 - 29 May 1954 Chaudhry Khaliquzzaman ........... 1889-1973
29 May 1954 - Jun 1955 Iskandar Ali Mirza ............... 1899-1969
Jun 1955 - Mar 1956 Amiruddin Ahmad
Mar 1956 - 13 Apr 1958 Abul Kashem Fazlul Huq ........... 1873-1962
13 Apr - 03 May 1958 Sultanuddin Ahmad
03 May 1958 - 11 Apr 1960 Zakir Husain ..................... 1898-1971
11 Apr 1960 - 11 May 1962 Mohammed Azam Khan ............... 1908-1996
11 May - 25 Oct 1962 Khan Bahadur Ghulam Faruq Khan ... 1899-1992
25 Oct 1962 - 23 Mar 1969 Abdul Munim Khan ................. 1899-1971
23 Mar - 25 Mar 1969 Mirza Nurul Huda ................. 1919-1991
25 Mar - 23 Aug 1969 Muzaffaruddin
(Martial law administrator)
23 Aug - 31 Aug 1969 Sahabzada Yaqub Khan ............. 1920-
(Martial law administrator)
01 Sep 1969 - 07 Mar 1971 Saiyid Mohammed Ahsan ............ 1921-1989
07 Mar - 31 Aug 1971 Tikka Khan ....................... 1915-2002
(Martial law administrator)
01 Sep - 14 Dec 1971 Abdul Motaleb Malik .............. 1905-1977
01 Sep - 16 Dec 1971 Amir Abdullah Khan Niazi ......... 1915-2004
(Martial law administrator)
Chief Ministers
15 Aug 1947 - 14 Sep 1948 Khwaja Nazimuddin ................ 1894-1964
14 Sep 1948 - 03 Apr 1954 Nurul Amin ....................... 1893-1974
03 Apr - 29 May 1954 Abul Khashem Fazlul Huq
Aug 1955 - Sep 1956 Abu Hossain Sarkar ............... 1894-1969
(1st Time)
Sep 1956 - Mar 1958 Ataur Rahman Khan ................ 1905-1991
(1st Time)
Mar - Mar 1958 Abu Hossain Sarkar (2nd Time)
Mar - 18 Jun 1958 Ataur Rahman Khan (2nd Time)
18 Jun - 22 Jun 1958 Abu Hossain Sarkar (3rd Time)
25 Aug - 07 Oct 1958 Ataur Rahman Khan (3rd Time)
People's Republic of Bangladesh
Presidents
11 Apr 1971 - 12 Jan 1972 Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (1st Time) .............. 1920-1975
12 Jan 1972 - 24 Dec 1973 Abu Sayeed Chaudhury .......................... 1921-1987
24 Dec 1973 - 23 Jan 1975 Mohammad Mohammadullah ........................ 1921-1999
23 Jan - 15 Aug 1975 Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (2nd Time)
15 Aug - 06 Nov 1975 Khundaqar Mushtaq Ahmed ....................... 1918-1996
06 Nov 1975 - 21 Apr 1977 Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayem ...................... 1916-1997
21 Apr 1977 - 30 May 1981 Ziaur Rahman .................................. 1936-1981
30 May 1981 - 24 Mar 1982 Abdus Sattar .................................. 1906-1985
24 Mar - 27 Mar 1982 Hossain Mohammad Ershad (1st Time) ............ 1930-2019
27 Mar 1982 - 11 Dec 1983 Abul Fazal Mohammad Ahsanuddin Chaudhury ...... 1915-2001
11 Dec 1983 - 06 Dec 1990 Hossain Mohammad Ershad (2nd Time)
06 Dec 1990 - 09 Oct 1991 Shahabuddin Ahmed (1st Time) .................. 1930-20
09 Oct 1991 - 09 Oct 1996 Abdur Rahman Biswas ........................... 1926-2017
09 Oct 1996 - 14 Nov 2001 Shahabuddin Ahmed (2nd Time)
14 Nov 2001 - 21 Jun 2002 Abdul Qasim Mohammad Barruddoza
21 Jun - 06 Sep 2002 Jamiruddin Sircar
(acting)
06 Sep 2002 - 12 Feb 2009 Iajuddin Ahmed ................................ 1931-2012
12 Feb 2009 - 20 Mar 2013 Mohammad Zillur Rahman ........................ 1929-2013
14 Mar 2013 - 23 Apr 2023 Abdul Hamid ................................... 1944-
(acting to 20 Mar 2013)
24 Mar 2023 - Mohammed Shahabuddin Chuppu ................... 1949-
Prime Ministers
11 Apr 1971 - 13 Jan 1972 Tajuddin Ahmed ................................ 1925-1975
13 Jan 1972 - 26 Jan 1975 Mujibur Rahman ................................ s.a
26 Jan - 15 Aug 1975 Mohammad Mansoor Ali .......................... 1919-1975
15 Aug 1975 - 29 Jun 1978 Vacant
29 Jun 1978 - 12 Mar 1979 Mashiur Rahman ................................ 1924-1979
15 Apr 1979 - 24 Mar 1982 Shah Azizur Rahman ............................ 1925-1988
24 Mar 1982 - 30 Mar 1984 Vacant
30 Mar 1984 - 09 Jul 1986 Ataur Rahman Khan ............................. 1905-1991
09 Jul 1986 - 27 Mar 1988 Mizanur Rahman Chaudhury ...................... 1928-2006
27 Mar 1988 - 12 Aug 1989 Mouhud Ahmad .................................. 1940-2021
12 Aug 1989 - 06 Dec 1990 Kazi Zafar Ahmed .............................. 1940-2015
06 Dec 1990 - 20 Mar 1991 Vacant
20 Mar 1991 - 30 Mar 1996 Khaleda Zia (1st Time) ........................ 1945-
30 Mar - 23 Jun 1996 Mohammad Habibur Rahman ....................... 1930-2014
23 Jun 1996 - 15 Jun 2001 Sheikh Hasina Wajed (1st Time) ................ 1947-
15 Jun - 10 Oct 2001 Latifur Rahman ................................ 1936-2017
10 Oct 2001 - 29 Oct 2006 Khaleda Zia (2nd Time)
29 Oct 2006 - 11 Jan 2007 Iajuddin Ahmed
11 Jan - 12 Jan 2007 Fazlul Haque .................................. 1938-
(acting)
12 Jan 2007 - 06 Jan 2009 Fakhruddin Ahmed .............................. 1940-
06 Jan 2009 - 05 Aug 2024 Sheikh Hasina Wajed (2nd Time)
(in India, exile from 5 Aug 2024)
07 Aug 2024 - Mohammed Yunus
(chief adviser)