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26 March 1971 is considered the official Independence Day of Bangladesh, and the name Bangladesh was in effect henceforth. In July 1971, Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi openly referred to the former East Pakistan as Bangladesh. [86] Some Pakistani and Indian officials continued to use the name "East Pakistan" until 16 December 1971.
The independence of Bangladesh in December 1971 regarded the national identity as a regional one, rather than a religious one like Pakistan's foundation. The new Bengali elite envisioned the society that was taking place in the delta as distinctly Bengali, where Bangladesh stood as a nation-state, a homeland to the Bengali community that had ...
Mitro Bahini, a joint force of Bangladesh and Indian troops formed. 22 November: Battle of Boyra, involving Pakistani and Indian air force. 3 December: Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 breaks out. Bangladesh Air Force destroys Pakistani oil depots. [17] 4 December: India officially invades East Pakistan. 6 December
1 March: General Yahya Khan calls off the session of National Council to be held on 3 March in a radio address. [1]7 March: Sheikh Mujibur Rahman – leader of Awami League party that had won a landslide victory in Pakistan in the Federal Elections of 1970, but never been granted authority – announces to a jubilant crowd at the Dhaka Race Course ground, "The struggle this time is the ...
The history of East Bengal and East Pakistan from 1947 to 1971 covers the period of Bangladesh's history between its independence as a part of Pakistan from British colonial rule in 1947 to its independence from Pakistan in 1971.
The Surrender of Pakistan took place on 16 December 1971 at the Ramna Race Course in Dhaka, marking the liberation of Bangladesh. On 16 December 1971, Lt. Gen A. A. K. Niazi , CO of Pakistan Army forces located in East Pakistan, signed the Instrument of Surrender and the nation of Bangla Desh ("Country of Bengal") was finally established the ...
1947 CE Bengali Language Movement: 1948 – 1956 CE: East Pakistan: 1955 – 1971 CE 1964 East Pakistan riots: 1964 CE Indo-Pakistani War of 1965: 1965 CE Six Point Movement: 1966 CE East Pakistan Uprising: 1969 CE Pakistani general election: 1970 CE Non-cooperation : 1971 CE: Bangladesh Liberation War: 1971 CE
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