Farakka Long March

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.^[1] It was the first popular movement against India demanding a distribution of the Ganges's water in Bangladesh.^[2] Since then, historic Farakka Long March Day is observed on 16 May every year in Bangladesh.^[3]

Farakka Long March
Date	May 1976
Location	Bangladesh
Caused by	Demolition of the Farakka Barrage constructed by India Demanding a rightful distribution of the Ganges's water.
Methods	Civil resistance, demonstrations