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'''Bangladesh''' (officially the '''People's Republic of Bangladesh''') is a country in South Asia which is bordered by [[India]] and to a lesser extent Myanmar. It is a heavily [[Muslim]] country with a substantial [[Hindu]] minority.  It was called Eastern Pakistan, being the easternmost region of Pakistan before the Bangladeshi War of Independence in 1971, an armed conflict which lasted for 9 months and resulted in the creation of the nation of Bangladesh and resulted in it being severed from Pakistan.  

'''Bangladesh''' (officially the '''People's Republic of Bangladesh''') is a country in South Asia which is bordered by [[India]] and to a lesser extent Myanmar. It is a heavily [[Muslim]] country with a substantial [[Hindu]] minority.  It was called Eastern Pakistan, being the easternmost region of Pakistan before the Bangladeshi War of Independence in 1971, an armed conflict which lasted for 9 months and resulted in the creation of the nation of Bangladesh and resulted in it being severed from Pakistan. The national language is Bangla or Bengali.

The war with [[Pakistan]] started due to a variety of factors but chiefly because of the suppression of the ethno-linguistic and religious identity of Bengali Hindus and Muslims in East Bengal. The Pakistani army used extreme force to suppress the rebellion, and engaged in a systematic genocide of Bengalis, chiefly targeting Hindus<ref  

The war with [[Pakistan]] started due to a variety of factors but chiefly because of the suppression of the ethno-linguistic and religious identity of Bengali Hindus and Muslims in East Bengal. The Pakistani army used extreme force to suppress the rebellion, and engaged in a systematic genocide of Bengalis, chiefly targeting Hindus<ref  

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name="usconsulate-1971-03-31">U.S. Consulate (Dacca) Cable, Sitrep: [http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB79/BEBB6.pdf Army Terror Campaign Continues in Dacca; Evidence Military Faces Some Difficulties Elsewhere], [[March 31]], [[1971]], Confidential, 3 pp</ref> At the onset of the Bengali nationalist rebellion led by the [[Awami League]], Pakistani forces targeted [[Hindus]], Bengali intellectuals, students and political activists, especially at college campuses in the capital [[Dhaka]] and other cities.<ref  

name="usconsulate-1971-03-31">U.S. Consulate (Dacca) Cable, Sitrep: [http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB79/BEBB6.pdf Army Terror Campaign Continues in Dacca; Evidence Military Faces Some Difficulties Elsewhere], [[March 31]], [[1971]], Confidential, 3 pp</ref> At the onset of the Bengali nationalist rebellion led by the [[Awami League]], Pakistani forces targeted [[Hindus]], Bengali intellectuals, students and political activists, especially at college campuses in the capital [[Dhaka]] and other cities.<ref  

name=sajit-gandhi>Sajit Gandhi ''[http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB79/ The Tilt: The U.S. and the South Asian Crisis of 1971 National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 79]'' [[December 16]], [[2002]]</ref><ref>[http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Kissinger/Bangladesh_TOHK.html]</ref>. The Bangladesh Liberation War war ended with Indian intervention, resulting in the total defeat of Pakistani forces, and the new nation of Bangladesh was formed on 1971.  

name=sajit-gandhi>Sajit Gandhi ''[http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB79/ The Tilt: The U.S. and the South Asian Crisis of 1971 National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 79]'' [[December 16]], [[2002]]</ref><ref>[http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Kissinger/Bangladesh_TOHK.html]</ref>. The Bangladesh Liberation War war ended with Indian intervention, resulting in the total defeat of Pakistani forces, and the new nation of Bangladesh was formed on 1971. In 1974 Bangladesh suffered a great famine. [http://72.14.209.104/search?q=cache:-Q0mb-kXPogJ:www.worldsocialism.org/spgb/overview/famines(2).pdf+Bangladesh+famine+of+1974&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=5&gl=us&client=firefox-a]

The national language of Bangladesh is Bangla or Bengali. It is the third largest Muslim nation.   

It is the third largest Muslim nation.   

==Human rights==

==Human rights==

Today, extensive human rights violations by the Bangladesh Government are reported by Human Rights Groups. The more egalitarian Awami League government was ousted and replaced by the Islamic Fundamentalist government of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party[http://ia.rediff.com/news/2006/mar/22spec.htm?q=tp&file=.htm][http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/1657018.stm][http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2005/51616.htm]

Today, extensive human rights violations by the Bangladesh Government are reported by Human Rights Groups. The more egalitarian Awami League government was ousted and replaced by the Islamic Fundamentalist government of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party[http://ia.rediff.com/news/2006/mar/22spec.htm?q=tp&file=.htm][http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/1657018.stm][http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2005/51616.htm]

[http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/engASA130062001!Open][http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,1002200,00.html]

[http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/engASA130062001!Open][http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,1002200,00.html]