Although Bangladesh is a young nation, but it’s history goes back to the very past. First Bangladesh was part of the larger Bengal region of eastern India. Bangladesh was ruled by various groups of invaders. The Turks, the Moguls, and the British ruled it. India gained its independence on 15th August 1947 from Britain. East Bengal (Now Bangladesh) became part of Pakistan. The new nation was created on 14th August 1947 because the Muslim League demanded and independent and separate nation for the parts of the former British Indian Empire where the Muslims were a majority.
Pakistan was born with built-in-defects. It was made up of two parts, East Pakistan and West Pakistan, which were separated by a large distance because India lay between them. The two parts of Pakistan were quite different in their people and cultures. West Pakistanis took control over the new nation fast. East Pakistan turned out to be a good place for commercial investments. But the East Pakistanis (Bengalis) charged that most of the profits were drained off to West Pakistan. The West Pakistani leaders were accused of neglecting the interests of the eastern region and treating it as a colony. East Pakistanis also were not receiving their fair share f political power. They believed they were entitled to a greater voice because made up more than 55% of the nation’s total population.
Other issues such these led to frustration and disgruntlement among the Bengalis of Pakistan. The government at first refused to accept Bengali as one of the national language and wanted them speak only Urdu. Popularity elected local governments in the east was dismissed on charges of wanting to break away from Pakistan. Bengali leaders imprisoned as traitors. There were numerous riots, and a long period of military rule (from 1952 – 1971) created dangerous stress in the East.

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