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Bangladesh and India compared
Two sourced records set beside each other — the figures each nation publishes, and the events each chronicle records of the other. Compared, never graded.
26 March 1971 — Sheikh Mujibur Rahman declares the independence of Bangladesh
- Shared indicators
- 41
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- 9
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- 4
- Data through
- 2026-08-10
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Each figure is the same observation, with the same source, as on the two dossiers. Every value shows the year it was observed — vintages differ by indicator and nation. A “—” is an absence in the source data, never a zero. Metric names link to the world ranking; values open the figure on its own dossier.
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Entangled histories
4 events in which either nation’s sourced chronicle names the other — including under earlier names of the same state. Each is the same record, with the same sources, as on its own chronicle; nothing here was written for this page.
- 23 Jun 1757
Battle of Plassey
Robert Clive's East India Company forces defeat Nawab Siraj-ud-Daulah after the betrayal of Mir Jafar, beginning British political control of Bengal and, in time, of India.
Colonisation · from the Bangladesh chronicle · British Conquest and Colonial Bengal · Battle of Plassey, Sirāj al-Dawlah
- 1947
Partition creates East Pakistan
The partition of British India makes Muslim-majority eastern Bengal into East Pakistan, a wing of the new state separated from its western half by a thousand miles of India.
Politics & Power · from the Bangladesh chronicle · Partition, East Pakistan and the Language Movement · History of Bangladesh
- 16 Dec 1971
Victory and the birth of Bangladesh
After a nine-month war in which possibly a million Bengalis were killed and ten million fled to India, Indian forces intervene and the Pakistani army surrenders at Dhaka, founding the People's Republic of Bangladesh.
Independence · from the Bangladesh chronicle · Liberation War and Modern Bangladesh · Bangladesh Liberation War
- 5 Aug 2024
The 2024 uprising and Hasina's fall
A student-led mass uprising over a civil-service job-quota system forces Sheikh Hasina to resign after fifteen years and flee to India; the Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus is appointed to head an interim government.
Politics & Power · from the Bangladesh chronicle · Liberation War and Modern Bangladesh · Sheikh Hasina Wazed