25 years ago: Members of a transport pressure group recommended a new rail link between Bradford and Huddersfield to improve services in West Yorkshire.
50 years ago: Members of the Bradford Jewish community paid tribute to Mr and Mrs David Black, the first Jewish Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress of Bradford for almost half a century.
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1971: East Pakistan, under Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, declared independence to become the People's Republic of Bangladesh.
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