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Name: People's Republic of Bangladesh

Type: Polity

Start: 1971 AD

End: 2022 AD

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Is a country in South Asia that occupies most of the histroical region of Bengala. After the end of the British Raj, that was divided along ethnical and religious borders, Muslim-majority Bangladesh became part of Pakistan and was called "East Pakistan". The Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971 led to the independence of Bangladesh from Pakistan.

Establishment


  • December 1971: Mitro Bahini takes Dhaka. East Pakistan Army surrenders to Mitro Bahini represented by Jagjit Singh Aurora of the Indian Army faction of the military coalition. Independence of East Pakistan as Bangladesh.
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    1. Indo-Pakistani conflicts


    Is an ongoing conflict between India and Pakistan, two countries that emerged fromt he partition of British India in 1947.

    1.1.Indo-Pakistani War of 1971

    Was a war between India and Pakistan that occurred during the Bangladesh Liberation War in East Pakistan from 3 December 1971 until the Pakistani capitulation in Dhaka on 16 December 1971.

    1.1.1.Bangladesh Liberation War

    Was the war of independence of Bangladesh (at the time known as East Pakistan) against Pakistan.


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