Saqoot e Dhaka: 50 Years of Separation
In the history of Pakista the word "Saqoot e Dhaka", and the creation of Bangladesh is among the most sensitive and tragic events. People who were alive during that era may not remember the trauma of partition. The stories of 1971 remain chilling, even today.
Moreover, East Pakistan was a province of Pakistan that was renamed as such from East Bengal in 1955 by the One Unit Policy. With a coastline on the Bay of Bengal, it shared land borders with India and Burma. For this reason, East Pakistan was known as "Pakistani Bengal" to differentiate it from India's state of West Bengal (also called "Indian Bengal"). In 1971, Bangladesh gained independence from Britain and this is know as
Under Pakistani Prime Minister Mohammad Ali of Bogra's One Unit scheme East Pakistan was rename East ...