East Pakistan was the eastern province of Pakistan between 1955 and 1971, restructured and renamed from the province of East Bengal and covering the territory...
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display the Urdu text in this article correctly. Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the fifth-most...
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Bangladesh Liberation War (redirect from East Pakistan-West Pakistan War 1971)
movement in East Pakistan, which resulted in the independence of Bangladesh. The war began when the Pakistani military junta based in West Pakistan—under the...
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রাজাকার, lit. 'Volunteer') was an East Pakistani paramilitary force organised by General Tikka Khan in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). Razakar is a Persian...
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The East Pakistan Provincial Assembly, known as the East Bengal Legislative Assembly between 1947 and 1955, was the provincial legislature of East Pakistan...
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Liberation War in East Pakistan from 3 December 1971 until the Pakistani capitulation in Dhaka on 16 December 1971. The war began with Pakistan's Operation Chengiz...
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coalition of political parties in East Bengal which contested and won Pakistan's first provincial general election to the East Bengal Legislative Assembly....
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The 1964 East Pakistan riots refer to the massacre and ethnic cleansing of Bengali Hindus from East Pakistan in the wake of an alleged theft of what was...
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162 were in East Pakistan and 138 in West Pakistan. A further thirteen seats were reserved for women (seven of which were in East Pakistan and six of which...
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The 1969 East Pakistan uprising (Bengali: ঊনসত্তরের গণঅভ্যুত্থান, lit. '69’s Mass uprising') was a democratic political uprising in East Pakistan. It was...
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history of East Bengal and East Pakistan from 1947 to 1971 covers the period of Bangladesh's history between its independence as a part of Pakistan from British...
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Chittagong Hill Tracts). West Pakistan was the politically dominant division of the Pakistani union, despite East Pakistan making up more than half of its...
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Bangladesh Chhatra League (redirect from East Pakistan Students League)
'Bangladesh Students' League'); abbr. BSL/BCL), formerly known as the East Pakistan Student League, simply called the Chhatra League, is the student wing...
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its zenith during Mughal Era. In 1947, Pakistan consisted of West Pakistan (today's Pakistan) and East Pakistan (today's Bangladesh). The President of...
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Bangladesh genocide (redirect from 1971 East Pakistan genocide)
Bengali Hindus, residing in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) during the Bangladesh Liberation War, perpetrated by the Pakistan Armed Forces and the Razakars...
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in the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971, which saw the secession of East Pakistan as the independent country of Bangladesh. While both countries established...
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East Pakistan against the Bengali nationalist movement during the Bangladesh War of Independence, under the patronage of the Government of Pakistan....
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Pakistan, which established the country as a republic. The constitution also administratively split the nation into West Pakistan and East Pakistan....
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The Government of East Pakistan or formerly Government of East Bengal governed the province East Bengal (later East Pakistan, now Bangladesh) and was centered...
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The 1950 East Pakistan riots (Bengali: পঞ্চাশের পূর্ব পাকিস্তান দাঙ্গা, Urdu: پچاس کی دہائی کے مشرقی پاکستان کے فسادات ) took place between Hindus and...
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The Pakistan Army (Urdu: پاکستان فوج, romanized: Pākistān Fãuj, pronounced [ˈpaːkɪstaːn faːɔːdʒ]), commonly known as the Pak Army (Urdu: پاک فوج, romanized: Pāk...
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Elections were held in East Pakistan province on Monday 7 December 1970 to elect 169 Members of 5th National Assembly of Pakistan. Out of 169 National Assembly...
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with several Islamist parties in East Pakistan, comprising both local Bengalis and Muhajirs. Alongside the Pakistan Army and Al-Badr, Al-Shams has been...
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East Pakistan Air Operations covers the activity of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) and Pakistan Army Aviation units in former East Pakistan during the Bangladesh...
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Bengalis in Pakistan are ethnic Bengali people who had lived in either West Pakistan or East Pakistan prior to 1971 or live in present-day Pakistan. Most Pakistani...
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Overseas Pakistanis (Urdu: بیرون ملک پاکستانی نژاد), or the Pakistani diaspora, refer to Pakistanis who live outside of Pakistan. These include citizens...
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The Pakistani plan for a military action which commenced on 25 March 1971, in the then East Pakistan was code-named Operation Searchlight. This is the...
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Tajuddin Ahmad (category Candidates in the 1970 Pakistani general election)
the Muslim League. The following year, he was elected a member of the East Pakistan Provincial Assembly. As a close confidante, he assisted Sheikh Mujibur...
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East Pakistan Central Peace Committee was one of several committees formed in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) in 1971 to aid efforts of Pakistani forces...
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Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, which occurred as a direct result of hostilities stemming from the Bangladesh Liberation War in erstwhile East Pakistan (now...
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