East Pakistan was the eastern province of Pakistan between 1955 and 1971, restructured and renamed from the province of East Bengal and covering the territory of the modern country of Bangladesh. Its land borders were with India and Burma, with a coastline on the Bay of Bengal.

The history of East Bengal and East Pakistan from 1947 to 1971 covers the period of Bangladesh's history between its independence as a part of Pakistan from British colonial rule in 1947 to its independence from Pakistan in 1971.

2019年4月9日 · East Pakistan was a non-conterminous province of Pakistan between 1955 and 1971. It was initially known as East Bengal. East Pakistan waged an armed struggle for independence in 1970 and declared independence on March 26, …

It consisted of the eastern portion of the Bengal region, and existed from 1947 until 1955, when it was renamed as East Pakistan. East Bengal had a coastline along the Bay of Bengal to the south, and bordered India to the north, west, and east and shared a small border with Burma (presently known as Myanmar) to the southeast.

In Pakistan: Political decline and bureaucratic ascendancy. Meanwhile, in East Bengal (East Pakistan), considerable opposition had developed against the Muslim League, which had managed the province since independence.

Between 1955 and 1971, Pakistan was made of West Pakistan (which is now simply called Pakistan) and East Pakistan, which is now known as Bangladesh. In 1971, there was the Bangladesh Liberation War , where East and West Pakistan fought each other.

2024年9月11日 · East Pakistan was the eastern province of Pakistan from 1947 to 1971, situated on the Bay of Bengal and geographically separated from West Pakistan (present-day Pakistan) by India. Following the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971, it is now known as Bangladesh.

In the evening of March 25, 1971, the Pakistan army attacked East Pakistan, as the future Bangladesh was then known. The attack was an effort to put down East Pakistani protesters who demanded that the national government recognize the right of the elected majority party, the Awami (People's) League, to assume political office.

East Pakistan, its 42 million people including nearly 9 million Hindus, encompassed the eastern half of Bengal province as shaped in 1912, plus the Sylhet District of Assam. West Pakistan was more than seven times larger in area but East Pakistan had 55 percent of the population and was more economically important than the west wing.

Governor-General and President of the Pakistan Constituent Assembly Muhammad Ali Jinnah declared that Urdi would be the only official language of Pakistan during a speech in Dhaka (Dacca), East Pakistan on March 24, 1948.