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Battle of Plassey, 1757
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Language Movement, 1952
1952 · Language
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1971 · Liberation
Partition of Bengal and Swadeshi movement, 1905
1905 · Partition
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Pakistan Period: Autonomy to Mass Uprising

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Autonomy, representation, military rule, and the road to liberation

Understand East Pakistan from the United Front and constitutional conflict to Six Points, Agartala, mass uprising, Bhola Cyclone, and the 1970 election.

Est. 1947 · Bengal✺A Bilingual Archive

Path Overview

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Understand East Pakistan’s journey from language rights and constitutional conflict to autonomy demands, mass uprising, disaster politics, and the road to 1971.

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Reading Sequence

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Start with the United Front, then follow military rule, autonomy demands, and mass politics that led toward the 1971 rupture.

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    Step 1 · Event · 1954

    United Front Election Victory in East Bengal

    Start the main sequence.

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    Step 2 · Event · 1966

    Six-Point Programme Announced

    Read the next turning point.

  3. 3

    Step 3 · Figure · Student Organizer and National Leader

    Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

    Review a central figure.

  4. 4

    Step 4 · Period · 1947-1971

    Pakistan Period and National Awakening

    Place the topic in period context.

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    Step 5 · Resource · Banglapedia

    Six-point Programme

    Read the first source-backed reference.

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    Step 6 · Resource · Banglapedia

    Mass Upsurge, 1969

    Read the second source-backed reference.