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4:15 I meant 'authority', not 'autonomy' - my apologies.
Bangladesh hit global headlines recently as a result of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigning in the face of massive protests against her administration. One of the protestors’ grievances was the quota-based system which reserved 30% of government jobs for descendants of the resistance movement which helped create the country in 1971. The struggle for its existence has come to mark it. Originally constituting the eastern wing of Pakistan, it found its voice stifled by the government centered in the west. In March 1971, the charismatic activist leader Mujibur Rahman declared Bangladesh’s independence. What happened next was chaos - as the Pakistani war machine moved across the country, unleashing death and destruction, almost indiscriminately. Pakistan’s arch nemesis, India got involved as the Bengal became the scene of a short but deadly conflict. In the end, the sacrifices made by the Bengali people were vindicated by their victory.
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4:15 I meant 'authority', not 'autonomy' - my apologies.
Bangladesh hit global headlines recently as a result of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigning in the face of massive protests against her administration. One of the protestors’ grievances was the quota-based system which reserved 30% of government jobs for descendants of the resistance movement which helped create the country in 1971. The struggle for its existence has come to mark it. Originally constituting the eastern wing of Pakistan, it found its voice stifled by the government centered in the west. In March 1971, the charismatic activist leader Mujibur Rahman declared Bangladesh’s independence. What happened next was chaos - as the Pakistani war machine moved across the country, unleashing death and destruction, almost indiscriminately. Pakistan’s arch nemesis, India got involved as the Bengal became the scene of a short but deadly conflict. In the end, the sacrifices made by the Bengali people were vindicated by their victory.
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0:00 Intro
1:38 West Pakistan Monopolises Power 1948-1958
5:39 Dictatorship Creates Division Between East & West 1958-1969
12:41 Path To War 1969-1971
15:26 War Of Liberation
