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HISTORY. The state was formerly the Eastern Province of Pakistan. In 1970 the Awami League gained 167 seats out of 300 at the Pakistan general election and made known their wish for greater independence for the province. Following a civil war in 1971 Bangladesh was proclaimed independent. For developments between Jan. 1975 and March 1982, see The Statesman’s Year-Book, 1986-87, pp. 186-187.
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Further Reading
Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Statistical Yearbook of Bangladesh.—Statistical Pocket Book of Bangladesh.
Baxter, C., Bangladesh: A New Nation in an Old Setting. Boulder, 1986
Chowdhury, R., The Genesis of Bangladesh. London, 1972
Franda, M., Bangladesh: The First Decade. New Delhi, 1982
Hajnoczy, R., Fire of Bengal. Bangladesh Univ. Press, 1993
O’Donnell, C. P., Bangladesh: Biography of a Muslim Nation. Boulder, 1986
Ziring, L., Bangladesh from Mujib to Ershad: an Interpretive Study. OUP, 1993
National statistical office: Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, Ministry of Planning, Dhaka
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Hunter, B. (1995). Bangladesh. In: Hunter, B. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230271241_16
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