Protests in Bangladesh began in July as student-led demonstrations against government hiring rules, and culminated Monday when the prime minister fled and the military announced it would form an interim government.

At least 300 people were killed in the deadly protests that lasted more than a month and ended the autocratic rule of 76-year-old Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

Here are five key dates that explain how the protests toppled the government of the South Asian country of about 170 million people.

University students are building barricades, blocking roads and railway lines to demand reforms to the quota system for coveted public sector jobs.