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During the Bangladesh Liberation War, Sri Lanka saw the partition of Pakistan as an example for themselves and feared India might use its enhanced power against them in the future. [3]: 7 Despite the left wing government of Sirimavo Bandaranaike following a neutral non-aligned foreign policy, Sri Lanka assisted Pakistan in the war.
Such was its impact that, in Sri Lanka to this day, 'Emden' is the bogeyman that mothers scare their children with, and the term is still used to refer to a particularly obnoxious person. In a panic, the colonial authorities jailed a Boer wildlife official, H. H. Engelbrecht, after accusing him falsely of having supplied meat to the cruiser.
The Proclamation of Bangladeshi Independence in March 1971 led to the nine-month-long Bangladesh Liberation War, which culminated in the emergence of the People's Republic of Bangladesh. Independence was declared in 1971. Since gaining independence, Bangladesh has faced political instability, economic reconstruction, and social transformation.
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 ...
Bangladesh scored 0.274 on the electoral democracy index in V-Dem Democracy Indices in 2023. [7] The political competition in Bangladesh is limited due to high barriers of entry requiring large amounts of resources, which left only a small segment of the population having the ability to run political campaigns.
After independence, the government of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman began to promote Bengali nationalism which was also the basis of Bangladesh's independence from Pakistan. [9] However, the nationalism based on the Bengali ethnicity left the indigenous peoples of Bangladesh dejected. Sheikh Mujib, rejecting the demands of constitutional recognition ...
The launch of Operation Searchlight and declaration of Independence marked the start of Bangladesh Liberation War on 26 March 1971. [20] The war lasted nine months and ended on 16 December 1971. [20] The Pakistan Army targeted religious minorities and political supporters of the Independence of Bangladesh. [21]
See Bangladesh–Sri Lanka relations. Both countries established diplomatic relations on 4 March 1972 when Sri Lanka recognized Bangladesh. The Bangladeshi High Commission in Sri Lanka was established on 21 April 1976. [220] Relations are historically tied together even beyond the sub-continent's colonisation by the British.