Thousands of exultant Bangladeshis gathered in Dhaka on Tuesday to mark the first anniversary of mass protests that toppled Sheikh Hasina, as the interim government unveiled a roadmap for democratic reform with a national election next year.

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.

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.