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Alat Chakra
Editorial
A literary text that helps frame wartime mental strain and political reality.
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Ice-Candy-Man / Cracking India
Editorial
A major novel on partition trauma, gendered violence, and the Lahore context.
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Lifting the Long Silence on Baksal
Editorial
Editorial discussion from Dhaka Tribune on Baksal and how it appears in contemporary Bangladeshi public debate. Use with care for factual claims.
Primary Sources · Official Documents and Legal Texts
Omkar
Editorial
A literary text on language, nationhood, and cultural identity that helps illuminate the long background to 1971.
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Partition of British India
Editorial
A short documentary-style video introducing archival records, official attitudes, and oral testimony connected to partition.
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Train to Pakistan
Editorial
A classic partition novel that captures the fear, rupture, and violence of 1947 through village life at the border.
Academic Books · Colonial Economy and Land Revenue
A Rule of Property for Bengal: An Essay on the Idea of Permanent Settlement
Secondary
Major academic study of the intellectual, administrative, and property-rights logic behind the Permanent Settlement in Bengal.
Research Articles and Papers · Scholarly Articles and Papers
Seir Mutaqherin / Siyar-ul-Mutakhkherin
— Ghulam Husain Khan Tabatabai
Primary
A late eighteenth-century history of Mughal India that is essential for understanding Bengal Nawabs and Plassey.
Research Articles and Papers · Scholarly Articles and Papers
United Nations holds briefing for political parties on support to Bangladesh for upcoming elections
Primary
UN Bangladesh press release (4 December 2025) on technical electoral assistance, including BALLOT project outputs and party briefing details.
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United Nations Support to the 13 National Parliamentary Electoral Cycle of Bangladesh
— United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Primary
UNDP publication stating UN support to the 13th parliamentary election cycle, including the 12 February 2026 date and technical-assistance scope.
Research Articles and Papers · Scholarly Articles and Papers
1971: A Global History of the Creation of Bangladesh
Secondary
Global perspective on the war across India, Pakistan, the U.S., USSR, and China.
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A Case Study of Swadeshi Bengal
Secondary
A classic study for the local dynamics of the Swadeshi upsurge and the way nationalist thought crystallized in Bengal.
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A History of Bangladesh
Secondary
A synthetic history of Bangladesh from the long view through colonial encounters, East Pakistan, war, and independence.
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Advertising Nationalism: Commemorating the Liberation War in Bangladesh
Secondary
Strong for war commemoration, corporate nationalism, and public memory after liberation.
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Afsan Chowdhury on 1971 (Selected Essays)
Secondary
Interpretive essays by Afsan Chowdhury on political and social dimensions of 1971.
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An Analysis on the Role of Martyred Noor Hossain in the 1990 Mass Uprising
— UniversePG / academic article
Secondary
Supplementary paper on Noor Hossain’s symbolic role and how the 1987 and 1990 protest memory was shaped.
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And Swadeshi Movement in Bengal (1905)
Secondary
Useful for trade, industry, agriculture, boycott politics, and the economic reach of the Swadeshi upsurge.
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Anti-Corruption Drive and Governance Reform, 2007–2008
— Transparency International Bangladesh
Secondary
Relevant source on the anti-corruption drive, governance reform, accountability claims, and the selective-justice debate.
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Awami League: The Rise, 1948-1970
— Political history research on the Awami League rise
Secondary
A useful source for understanding the Awami League's rise, language politics, and the preconditions of 1971.
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Badruddin Umar Political History Volumes
Secondary
Multi-volume political history analyses covering Pakistan-era and Bangladesh transitions.