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The ghosts of 1971

The Bangladesh Rifles mutiny will be considered by historians an event of significance next only to the military coup by General Ershad in the ’80s. That was preceded by the assassination of General Ziaur Rahman and the killing of General Mansur. The officer casualty toll is higher than what Ba ....Read more

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BIRTH OF BANGLADESH IN 1971By: S.Suri | Saturday , 7 Mar '09 16:12:48 PM Reply | Forward With the benefit of hind-sight, one can now say that India's intervention in the creation of Bangladesh wasn't right. East Pakistan was a big pain for the West Pakistani rulers. They experienced many logistical problems in administering their Eastern half, separated by thousand miles of Indian Territory. East Pakistan was constantly battered by cyclones/natural calamities. It was dependent on the western half for everything. The standard of living of its people was much below its western counterpart. Pakistan was glad to rid itself of this liability and thus became a majority urdu-speaking country in1971. It allied itself with the Arab Islamic block and received generous financial and military aid from them. Bangladesh has had brief spells of democracy in between military dictatorships. After Sheikh Mujibur Rehman's assassination in 1975, its ungrateful military rulers turned hostile towards India, aiding anti-Indian forces based there. We are thus back to square one.

All the Actors of 1971 War [Gandhi, Mujeeb and Bhutto] are died with shameful death.By: Akash | Thursday , 5 Mar '09 11:36:28 AM Reply | Forward All the Actors of 1971 War [Gandhi, Mujeeb and Bhutto] are died with shameful death.that war was only for disintegrating Pakistan but bangladesh didn't join India.Now Bangladesh is becoming new enemy of us

Yah we didn't get any benefit but another enemy after 1971 warBy: Ajay | Thursday , 5 Mar '09 13:33:32 PM Reply | Forward Yah we didn't get any benefit but another enemy after 1971 war.That war is because of our intelligence agency dramas.

Learn to live in prideBy: Dee | Saturday , 7 Mar '09 19:33:39 PM Reply | Forward And why u people go far to see enemies outside the country. What these Madrsa inside the country are doing?? U are buying the plot of Congress and ignore the reality. Can't u see - whole of Asia or world is under serious threats of Islam or Taliban (Same thing). If India can't control the tiny slumcountry 'Bangladesh', how will we fight against Pakistan and China - if needed. A country's fundamental duty is to save its citizens. Come out of well- see other nations how China and US established as world power. The best bet was to keep Bangladesh under Indian control. And stop making any interference through others' deaths. Considering this the most shameful death was of Rajiv Gandhi.

The ghosts of 1971By: Aravind | Thursday , 5 Mar '09 10:22:31 AM Reply | Forward An excellent factual article. That was the time when the US had supported Pakistan with adventurism reaching up to the present situation. It is high time that the US understood and took it more practically. Bangladeshi people made their choice. Bangladesh is a small country with excellent prospects; let us all hope they do not get inflcuenced by evil elements. For India, a prosperous and secure Bangladesh is of our best interest.

But we even didn't have resolve our border and water issue with themBy: Akash | Thursday , 5 Mar '09 17:08:15 PM Reply | Forward But we even didn't have resolve our border and water issue with them.We want's them to be slave of us and acknowledge what ever we say.Bangladesh is Muslim country which didn't join India after there separation from Pakistan.In this way they are a symbol of Two nation theory from which we all are allergic.On the other hand Pakistan have never become a subsidiary state of India and now also a nuclear nation.