BangladeshandAND⤬THE JUNCTION
8 SHARED EVENTSPakistan

Entangled histories

8 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.

ONE SPINE OF YEARS · TWO WALLS OF EVENTS · BGD LEFT · PAK RIGHT

1. 14 Aug 1947

   Independence of Pakistan

   Pakistan becomes independent under the Indian Independence Act, with Jinnah as Governor-General and Liaquat Ali Khan as prime minister, comprising West and East Pakistan.

   Independence · from the Pakistan chronicle · Partition and Independence · REFS 2 — Mohammed Ali Jinnah, Indian Independence Act

2. 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 · REFS 1 — History of Bangladesh

3. 21 Feb 1952

   The Bengali Language Movement

   Students in Dhaka demanding that Bengali be a state language of Pakistan are shot by police; the martyrs become foundational to Bengali nationalism and, later, to UNESCO's International Mother Language Day.

   Culture & Ideas · from the Bangladesh chronicle · Partition, East Pakistan and the Language Movement · REFS 2 — Language Movement, International Mother Language Day

4. 1966

   The Awami League's Six-Point demand

   Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's Awami League issues a six-point programme for the political and economic autonomy of East Pakistan, the charter of Bengali self-determination.

   Politics & Power · from the Bangladesh chronicle · Partition, East Pakistan and the Language Movement · REFS 2 — Mujibur Rahman, Awami League

5. Dec 1970

   Awami League wins the election

   The Awami League secures 167 of the 169 East Pakistani seats and a National Assembly majority; West Pakistan's refusal to hand over power ignites the crisis that leads to war.

   Politics & Power · from the Bangladesh chronicle · Liberation War and Modern Bangladesh · REFS 2 — Mujibur Rahman, Awami League

6. 26 Mar 1971

   Declaration of independence

   After the Pakistani army launches Operation Searchlight on 25 March, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman proclaims Bangladesh's independence on 26 March, beginning the Liberation War.

   Independence · from the Bangladesh chronicle · Liberation War and Modern Bangladesh · REFS 2 — Bangladesh Liberation War, Mujibur Rahman

7. 16 Dec 1971

   Loss of East Pakistan and birth of Bangladesh

   After a brutal war and Indian intervention, Pakistani forces surrender at Dhaka and East Pakistan becomes the independent state of Bangladesh, dismembering the country.

   War & Rupture · from the Pakistan chronicle · Bangladesh, Military Rule and the Modern Republic · REFS 2 — Bangladesh Liberation War, 1971 India-Pakistan War

8. 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 · REFS 1 — Bangladesh Liberation War