Posts tagged with ‘Pakistan’

  • This Day in History March 26, 1971

    By Ruth on March 26, 2013
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    I learned something from today’s feature.  It was on this date in 1971, that Bangladesh gained its independence from Pakistan.  East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) had serious issues with West Pakistan, and they backed up their declaration of independence with military enforcement. For more info: http://famousdaily.com/history/east-pakistan-independence-bangladesh.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Bangladesh http://www.bangla2000.com/Bangladesh/history.shtm http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0107317.html?pageno=2 http://www.lonelyplanet.com/bangladesh/history