9. Who was Mira Behn? Find out more about her life
and her ideas.
10. Find out more about the langu age divisions in Pakistan
that led to the creation of the new nation of Bangladesh.
How did Bangladesh achieve independence from Pakistan?
Answers
Explanation:
9) Mira Behn was a follower of Mahatma Gandhi. She was greatly impressed by the ideals, philosophy and ways of working of Gandhiji.
Mira Behn (1892-1982) was the daughter of a British Admiral. Her real name was Madeline Shade. She left England to live and work with Mahatma Gandhi. She devoted her life to human development, the advancement of Gandhiji's principles and to the freedom struggle.
10) Due to major differences, it broke up from Pakistan and emerged as independent Bangladesh in 1971 after a war. Apart from linguistic discrimination, political and economic neglect led to popular agitations against West Pakistan.
Answer:
After the division of India in 1947 into India and Pakistan (West and East), the Urdu speaking rulers of West Pakistan kept torturing the Bengali speaking population of East Pakistan. A time came when the East Pakistani population rose in revolt against West Pakistan. The government committed atrocities on the Bengalis and thousands of them came to India as refugees.
The Bengali population formed Mukti Vahini under the leadership of Muziburr Rehman. India helped him and got the West PAKISTANI army surrendered. As a result, Bangladesh came into being on 16th December 1971.
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