The Farakka Long March Social_event occurred Presence in May 1976 , and was led by Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani , demanding Request demolition Destroying of the Farakka Barrage constructed Building by India to divert flow of Ganges waters inside its territory , triggering Causation the drying up of river Padma and desertification of Bangladesh .

The Farakka Long March Social_event occurred Presence in May 1976 , and was led by Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani , demanding Request demolition Destroying of the Farakka Barrage constructed Building by India to divert flow of Ganges waters inside its territory , triggering Causation the drying up of river Padma and desertification of Bangladesh .

The-then government of Bangladesh unofficially supported Supporting Bhashani 's Farakka Long March .

The March continued Motion up to Kansat , a place near the India-Bangladesh border , close to the Farakka barrage .