PSC 395 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Bangladesh Awami League, Bangal, Party System
28 Aug 2016
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Major di erences between e. p. and w. pakistan: (and causes for con ict) Pakistanis were absentee landlords that lived in other cities and lands, while exploting e. p. "s peasants for land. Ali-jenna, founder of pakistan, decalred only urdu could be the language, bangali could not be used in o cial correspondence, in schools, in media. Represented both peasant movement against landlords and called for autonomy and use of bengali language and leader (ahraman) emerged as charismatic leader of bengalis, known now as founding father of bangladesh. Wp"s number around 1 million massacred, ep 3 million. 1973: adopts di erent course of action single party system created justice is more important for bangladesh than democracy: crash bw national forces in army & mujib"s line of socialism killed in 1975 in military coup from zia"s army. Employing experts, rather than military forces in government. Removed form power in 1990, but still active politician.
