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When Bangladesh became independent, the government of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman adopted a Bengali nationalist constitution, which denied recognition of the country's ethnic minorities. Manabendra Narayan Larma , a member of parliament form the hill tracts, called for constitutional recognition of the indigenous people of the area. [ 187 ]
Pakistan, which Bangladesh had gained independence from in the 1971 war, didn't recognise the country until it was pressured by other Muslim-majority nations. Bangladesh's founder, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman , was kept imprisoned by Pakistani authorities (even after the end of war) before being released in January 1972.
Bangladesh is elected to a two-year term on the UN Security Council. 3 June: Zia-ur Rahman wins presidential election and secures his position for a five-year term. 1979: 18 February: The 1979 General Election takes place. Bangladesh Nationalist Party led by Zia scores a decisive victory. [21] 1981: 30 May: Assassination of Ziaur Rahman. 1982: ...
The Bangladesh Liberation War was spearheaded by the Bangladesh Awami League, which was founded on June 23, 1949, in Dhaka. [4] During the Awami League's founding conference, their primary objective was to establish state sovereignty under the divine leadership of Allah and draft a constitution that reflected Islamic, democratic, and representative principles.
The population of Bangladesh have gone up from 28.92 million in 1901 to 150.36 million in 2022, as per as statistics the same way the high fertility rate among Muslims have led to over population of the country as according to census, Muslim population have gone up from 19.12 million in 1901 to 150.36 million in 2022.
In a party meeting on 5 December 1969, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman proposed to name East Pakistan "Bangladesh" if it became independent. [9] Sarbadalia Chhatra Sangram Parishad was created to press the government of Pakistan for the independence of East Pakistan. [5] Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is released from prison on 22 February 1970 by President Ayub ...
While Pakistan adopted progressive reforms to Muslim family law as early as 1961, [192] Bangladesh became the first constitutionally secular state in South Asia in 1972 when its newly adopted constitution included the word "secularism" for the first time in the region. [193]
The members of the Muslim-majority areas of Bengal in a separate session then passed a motion by 106–35 against partitioning Bengal and instead joining a new Constituent Assembly (Pakistan) as a whole. A separate meeting of the members of the non-Muslim-majority areas of Bengal then decided 58–21 to partition the province.