Bangladesh

Bangladeshi troops in Jessore, by Heinz Baumann, 1971. ETH Library Zurich, Image Archive / Com_L20-0933-0003-0012. Public Domain.

What has been the Impact of the Creation of Bangladesh?

Beginning in March 1971, the Bangladesh War of Independence led to East Pakistan becoming a new nation state. Four experts assess the war’s legacy.

Bones of those killed in the 1971 Bangladesh Genocide at the Liberation War Museum, Dhaka. Adam Jones (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Genocide, War and Bangladesh’s Search for Identity

Bangladesh was born of civil war in 1971. The former East Pakistan has wrangled with issues of religion, secularism and democracy ever since.