POLI 322 Lecture Notes - Bangladesh Awami League
14 Mar 2014
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10 mil migrants moved to neighbouring region in india. 1 favourable condition: neighbor state open to military intervention by india. Almost till the last moment it wasn"t clear that this will be the case. In late nov 71 indian govt decided to invade and bangla made. Paki movemet: ambiguous status: enthusiasm about formation of paki in bengal. But their view was diff from urdu speakin leaders of league like jinnah. Bengal but it grew in 40s. the imp reason why bengali leaders went with paki was cos they wanted autonomy and thought that paki will give bengal will have more autonomy but these hopes weren"t realized. East was more agri and cash crops were grown there and sent to industries in culcutta: after 47 jute went to west paki. The money wasn"t used for east but went to west: late 60s world market for jute collapsed making it weaker, national lingo scene, limited provinvial autonomy, dismissal of autonomist state government.
