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The Bangladesh government deployed paramilitary Bangladesh Border Guards forces in 22 of the 64 administrative districts of Bangladesh to quell violence against the Hindu community. As of 22 October 2021, at least 11 people have been killed across the country, including 7 Hindus, in the "worst communal violence in years" as termed by The New ...
[2] [3] [4] On 24 January 1971, in the backdrop of outbreak of the Bangladesh Liberation War, the mass uprising was commemorated and all political groups of East Pakistan (barring Islamist groups like Jamaat-e-Islami) reiterated the 11-point demand. [5]
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When Bangladesh applied for membership to the United Nations in 1972, China vetoed its application [158] because two U.N. resolutions about the repatriation of Pakistani prisoners of war and civilians had not yet been implemented. [159] China was also among the last countries to recognise independent Bangladesh, refusing to do so until 31 ...
Deadly protests by thousands of students in Bangladesh against quotas in government jobs has brought focus to a history of violence in a country born out of a war between India and Pakistan in ...
1971 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1971st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 971st year of the 2nd millennium, the 71st year of the 20th century, and the 2nd year of the 1970s decade.
Bangladesh When war broke out in what was then known as East Pakistan in 1970, Kissinger and Nixon backed the military government of West Pakistan in its genocide in what would become Bangladesh.
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's resignation after weeks of violent protests, announced on Monday in a televised address by the army chief, has brought focus once more to the country's ...