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Languages with more speakers, like Hindi and English, may not die out, but they can overshadow regional languages, eroding the multicultural essence and creating a more homogeneous society Published Date - 4 May 2024, 11:45 PM By Rituparna Kaushik, Rajitha Venugopal As another International Mother ...

The Union government brought in a law to grant citizenship to migrants from East Pakistan, who entered Assam up to March 24, 1971, to protect the lives of the residents of Assam as well as that of the foreigners, solicitor general Tushar Mehta submitted in the Supreme Court, adding ...

Initially, India under PM India Gandhi lent economic, military, and diplomatic support to Mukti Bahini. On 3 December 1971, Pakistan launched pre-emptive strikes on 11 Indian Air Force bases. As a result, India formally joined the Bangladesh Liberation War.For the first time, Indian Army, Indian Navy & Indian Air Force fought together. The Indian Navy attacked Karachi port, and blocked reinforcements to East Pakistan. The Indian Army occupied 15,000 Sq ...

Karachi: Pakistan's Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has termed the East Pakistan debacle in 1971 a "military failure," in a veiled jibe at the former Army chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa, who termed it a "political failure." Bilawal made these comments at the Nishtar Park rally, which was organised to ...

Over the decades I have tended to look upon 1972 as something of a halcyon year for a diminished Pakistan. There were elected governments in place at the Centre and in the provinces, and a sense that after the trauma of the previous year, the nation was on the ...

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath held previous governments responsible for the plight of such families Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath held previous governments responsible for the plight of such families After a four-decade-long wait, 63 Hindu families displaced from East Pakistan were given houses, agricultural land and residential plots by the ...

Following a violent tropical cyclone that smashed into the southern coast of then-East Pakistan in November 1970, causing the deaths of over half a million people, the Disasters Emergency Committee, a consortium of British overseas aid charities, raised millions of pounds to finance a humanitarian relief program for the ...

Depending on which side of the divide one listens to, the narrative of Bangladesh’s independence is enunciated differently. It is a usual sachet of history while it remains fresh and bubbling over. As is the case with the concepts of India’s Partition and the creation of Pakistan, once the ...

Bangladesh is celebrating its 50th anniversary. Once called a “basket case” by former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, it is now considered a role model. Bangladesh’s national income has multiplied 50 times, per capita income 25 times (higher than India’s and Pakistan’s) and food production four times. Population ...

DHAKA, BangladeshAs Bangladesh marks its 50th independence anniversary this year, its tremendous economic growth has made it an emerging hub for regional connectivity, attracting more trade and investment opportunities.According to the World Bank, the country has been among the fastest growing economies globally over the past decade, supported by ...