Dhaka, July 1 -- The people of Bangladesh witnessed the unexpected beginning of the downfall of the autocratic Awami League (AL) regime on the very first day of July last year, as student protests erupted and transformed the 'quota reform movement' into a broader 'anti-discrimination student movement.'

What began as a call for quota reform gained unstoppable momentum from July 1, eventually evolving into the historic 'July Uprising'-a mass movement of students and ordinary citizens that brought an end to nearly 16 years of AL's authoritarian rule."

The new chapter of Bangladesh's history was written by the student and masses July uprising which started this month in the previous year.

The Students-People's Uprising, also known as the J...