DHAKA (Reuters) -Thousands of exultant Bangladeshis gathered in Dhaka to mark the first anniversary on Tuesday of the mass protests that toppled former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, as the interim government unveiled a symbolic roadmap promising democratic reform.

A year after the autocrat Sheikh Hasina was toppled, Habibur Rahman still carries the physical scars of Bangladesh’s revolution – he walks with a limp and says the birdshot lodged in his skull sometimes pulses like a warning.

The Bangladeshi government and major political parties are celebrating on Tuesday the first anniversary of last year’s mass uprising that toppled former prime minister Sheikh Hasina. More than a month of student-led violent protests ousted Hasina on4.