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Chapter 13 - Pakistan Falls Apart

from Part III - Becoming East Pakistan

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 June 2021

Willem van Schendel
Willem van Schendel
Affiliation:
Universiteit van Amsterdam
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In the 1960s the unpopular military dictatorship was challenged by a political party (Awami League), and its leader (Sheikh Mujibur Rahman) gained mass popular support. The first general assembly elections in Pakistan resulted in a landslide victory, giving the Awami League an absolute majority in the all-Pakistan assembly. Politicians and army men from West Pakistan refused to hand over the reins of the state, as East Pakistan spinned out of control. A violent confrontation had become inevitable.

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PakistanEast Pakistanautonomy movementinternal colonyAwami Leagueelectionsstate crisis
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A History of Bangladesh , pp. 144 - 153
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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