#EastPakistan
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International Mother Language Day
Women’s role in Bangla language movement
Women were at the forefront of the language marches, defying the pointed guns of the army and police Farhana Naznin…
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Obituary
Mirza Nasir Hossain: The Man and the Myth
Often he would lament how the wrong policies of the rulers had disenfranchised the minds of the East Pakistani Bengalis…
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News
Bangladesh Observes Historic 6-Point Day
Sheikh Mujib was arrested for launching the Six-Point Movement for autonomy. He had launched the movement on February 5, 1966…
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Political History
Mao-Lana Bhashani: Maoism and the Unmaking of Pakistan
The paper will show how Mujib’s nationalism was just one of the currents in East Pakistan over this period, the…
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Political History
Maulana Bhashani was the first to declare ‘Independence’ of East Pakistan
Exposed to the aftermath of the country’s greatest human tragedy caused by nature, the Maulana was reportedly seen ‘weeping like…
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Political History
One Unit Scheme of Pakistan, 1955-1970 revisited
After the East broke away to form Bangladesh, the Punjab province insisted that politics in the rump West Pakistan now…
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Anthropology
Life in a Refugee Colony in India
Bhudiya Colony, around 55 miles from Bareilly city, is the camp of Bengali-speaking refugees from East Pakistan who crossed the…
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Political History
Sindh’s struggle for abolition of One Unit – IX
In his speech at Sindh University Bhutto had said that he cannot scarify Punjab’s interests for Sindh. Dr. Zaffar Junejo…
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Political History
Sindh’s struggle for abolition of One Unit – VII
Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy didn’t support Anti-One-Unit Movement, as he always thought that the military and bureaucracy have an important role…
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Current Affairs
What has been the Impact of the Creation of Bangladesh?
Beginning in March 1971, the Bangladesh War of Independence led to East Pakistan becoming a new nation state. On the…
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