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The Creation of Bangladesh
Mr. GibbsDeveloping Nations
Spring 2009
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Vast Differences
• Land – Languages - Pre-Independence HistoryThe only thing that bound them together
(loosely at that) was ISLAM
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Our Biggest Problem• How are we going to
govern two lands that are geographically separate?
– Especially considering the political capital was in WEST Pakistan and the majority of
– the citizens living in EAST Pakistan
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Fight for our Rights
• The Awami League was formed• Greater autonomy for East Pakistan• Sheik Mujibur Rahman (a.k.a Sheik Mujib)
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Election Day
• 1970 –the election of a new National Assembly (Congress)
• Awami League candidates won a clear majority – 167 seats out of the 313 possible.
• Ayub Khan - military ruler – ignored the results and postponed the new Congress
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Double Trouble
• Problem #1 – Riots broke out in the streets of East Pakistan
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Mother Nature made things worse• Problem #2 – a cyclone
and tidal wave hit East Pakistan – historically remembered as one of the greatest natural disasters of all time– 600,000 Casualties– Effect? The East
Pakistanis felt the government was not sympathetic and did not supply enough aid.
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Martial Law
• Martial Law is imposed – the Pakistani army is sent to the East to put down the riots.
• “What followed for the next nine months was probably one of the greatest bloodbaths in modern history as the army began a systematic slaughter of the Bengalis”
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Millions affected
• 1 million murders• 10 Million head for India• 10 million displaced within East Pakistan
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India enters the conflict
• Recognizes and supports and independent East Pakistan (Bangladesh)
• Helped defeat the West Pakistani army in Bangladesh
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The aftermath
• Millions displaced – GNP per capita devastated
• Infrastructure – farmlands and factories destroyed
• However….The spirit and nationalism in the hearts of the new Bangladesh was established
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The Future….?
• Unstable government• Population Density is off the charts• Its geographic location makes it susceptible to
natural disasters• Heavy reliance on foreign aid