Word: bangladesh
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Justice and Honor in Bangladesh...
...refugee from the former province of East Pakistan, I would request the Bangladesh leaders to prevail upon their emotionally charged people to exercise the greatest restraint and sobriety. The people of the newly emerged state should pool their resources to maintain peace and discipline as a basis for economic rehabilitation and democratic growth, and not dissipate their energy in revenge. They should follow a path of "noble" revenge and prove themselves better than their persecutors. As a Bengali proverb says: "If the dog bites a man, the man does not bite...
...RELATIONS WITH PAKISTAN. A Stable Pakistan is in India's interests, and we want normal, friendly and enduring relations with the new government. We do not insist that Islamabad recognize the new regime in Dacca. After all, Bangladesh is a reality; anything else is between Bangladesh and Pakistan. But Pakistan must overcome her negative attitude toward India. Whether Mr. Bhutto's new government is politically secure enough to negotiate a satisfactory settlement is not for me to say. You heard the speech he made [in which Bhutto promised peace only if New Delhi recognized the East as still...
...REFUGEES. I don't see any reason why the refugees who have come to India from East Pakistan should be reluctant to go home now. They might have been inclined to stay a while ago, when the liberation of Bangladesh still seemed impossible to them. But I'm sure that the bulk of the refugees will be returned before the end of February...
...INDIA'S STABILITY. Not a single voice has been raised for a union of the Bengalis [meaning the Bengalis of East Pakistan and their restive neighbors in India's State of West Bengal, some of whom are rumored to favor secession from India in order to join Bangladesh]. The people of Bangladesh went through hell to establish their separate identity. Why should they give...