HISTORY
NEW NATIONS EMERGE
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the Ibo
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the Bengalis
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the Kurds
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the Tamils
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Detailed explanation-1: -In 1971, an internal crisis in Pakistan resulted in a third war between India and Pakistan and the secession of East Pakistan, creating the independent state of Bangladesh.
Detailed explanation-2: -The violent crackdown by the Pakistan Army led to Awami League leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman declaring East Pakistan’s independence as the state of Bangladesh on 26 March 1971.
Detailed explanation-3: -Bangladesh was created by the support of India because: 1. West Pakistan did not allow Awami League an East Pakistani Party to form the government despite winning all the seats. 2. East Pakistanis rebelled against and were suppressed by the army of West Pakistan resulting from large-scale migration into India.
Detailed explanation-4: -With the partition of India in 1947, it became the Pakistani province of East Bengal (later renamed East Pakistan), one of five provinces of Pakistan, separated from the other four by 1, 100 miles (1, 800 km) of Indian territory. In 1971 it became the independent country of Bangladesh, with its capital at Dhaka.