History of the Emergence of Independent Bangladesh

What you’ll study

Introduction: the scope and description of the emergence of independent Bangladesh — the country and its people, geographical features, ethnic composition, language, cultural syncretism and religious tolerance, and the distinctive identity of Bangladesh. The proposal for an undivided sovereign Bengal and the partition of the sub-continent in 1947. Pakistan: the structure of the state and disparity — central and provincial structure, the influence of the military and civil bureaucracy, economic, social and cultural disparity. The Language Movement and the quest for Bengali identity. Misrule by the Muslim League and the struggle for democratic politics; the foundation of the Awami League. Military rule under Ayub Khan and Yahia Khan (1958–1971). The rise of nationalism, the Six-Point Movement, the mass-upsurge of 1969, the 1970 election and the Non-Cooperation Movement; the Declaration of Independence. The War of Liberation 1971. The Bangabandhu regime, 1972–1975.