Word: bangladesh
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...essence, all agreed with the principle that violence begets violence, but also apprehended the basic paradox: one can dilute Gunsmoke and The Mod Squad, but how to make blithe stories out of Bangladesh and Bogside...
...last Sunday, the city of Dacca resounded with the thunder of a 31-gun salute that marked the beginning of Bangladesh's first independence day. A year and a day earlier, on March 25, 1971, Pakistan had launched its military crackdown against rebellious East Bengal, which led to the brief, bloody war between India and Pakistan, the death of as many as 3,000,000 Bengalis-and the birth of a new nation...
...have a homeland, but they do not yet have a united country. "The present government, fearful of opposition, devotes itself to patronage rather than crisis; the government of reconstruction and reconciliation has yet to appear. If it does not, then the high Administration aide in Washington who referred to Bangladesh as 'an international basket case may yet be proved right...
During the nine months of struggle in Bangladesh, the real freedom fighters, the Mukti Bahini, battled as best they could with little outside aid. The Mukti resent the fact that the government has given them few jobs and little patronage, and they have retained most of their firearms. Ranging from ardent patriots to outright thugs, the Mukti are among the most resentful critics of the ineffectual Dacca government, which has been accused of consolidating the position of Sheik Mujibur Rahman's Awami League instead of concentrating on reconstruction...
Eloquent Proof. The decisive military victory over Pakistan has added immeasurably to Mrs. Gandhi's popular support among India's voters. West Bengalis, particularly grateful that she had championed the Bengali cause-the independence of Bangladesh-lit devotional lamps in front of portraits of the Prime Minister, whom they call Mataji (Mother), and gave her party a two-thirds majority in their 280-seat statehouse...