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Pakistan

Reset in Ties~II

Bangladeshis since independence are split between those who trust in the solidarity of the Muslim ummah, for whom the break with the Hindu majority in 1947 was more significant than liberation from Pakistan in 1971, and liberal Bengalis who believe their identity with the spiritual, linguistic and cultural ties of West Bengal and India are more important than faith.

The plan which partitioned India

It was Lenin who once said that “There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen”. These weeks were there in the summer of 1947 when the partition plan was announced and the history of decades was written.