Primary Sources · Official Documents and Legal Texts
Bangladesh: Quest for Freedom and Justice
Secondary
Kamal Hossain's memoir traces liberation, constitution-making, democracy, and the justice question.
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Discover Bengal · Unfolded
❦1972 Resources
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State Formation and the 1972 Constitution
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Est. 1947 · Bengal✺A Bilingual Archive
Primary Sources
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Official Documents and Legal Texts
Primary Sources · Official Documents and Legal Texts
Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971: Narratives, Impacts and the Actors
Secondary
Useful for competing narratives, impacts, and the political memory of 1971.
Academic / Research
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Scholarly Articles and Papers
Research Articles and Papers · Scholarly Articles and Papers
A History of Bangladesh
Secondary
A synthetic history of Bangladesh from the long view through colonial encounters, East Pakistan, war, and independence.
Research Articles and Papers · Scholarly Articles and Papers
Bangladesh under Mujib, Zia, and Ershad
Secondary
A wider political history that includes the Ershad era and the democratic crisis leading to 1990.
Research Articles and Papers · Scholarly Articles and Papers
Fifty Years of Bangladesh
Secondary
A multidisciplinary volume on the first five decades of Bangladesh's economy, politics, society, and culture.
Reference
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Encyclopedia and Archive Reference
Reference Sources · Encyclopedia and Archive Reference
Bangladesh since independence
Secondary
A concise overview of Bangladesh's immediate post-1971 political transition, including Mujib's return and the early constitutional order.
Reference Sources · Encyclopedia and Archive Reference
Constitution
Secondary
A Bangladesh-centered reference on the adoption, structure, principles, and later amendment history of the 1972 Constitution.
Reference Sources · Encyclopedia and Archive Reference
Constitutional Development
Secondary
A detailed account of the Constituent Assembly, drafting committee, and adoption process behind the 1972 Constitution.
Cultural and Literary Resources
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Literature and Cultural Texts
Cultural and Literary Resources · Literature and Cultural Texts
The Emergence of Bangladesh
— Habibul Khondker, Olav Muurlink, Asif Bin Ali
Secondary
An interdisciplinary volume on the making of Bangladesh, from language politics to the 1971 war and beyond.