It was also the third year of the first post-independence government in Bangladesh.

The year saw a period of mass starvation beginning in March 1974 and ending in about December of the same year.

The famine, allegedly causing death of a million people, is considered the worst in recent decades.

Note: For the year 1974 average official exchange rate for BDT was 8.23 per US$.

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