Pakistan After Independence

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Pakistan After Independence
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Choudhary Rahmat Ali Founder of the Pakistan
National Movement
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Pakistan means land of the pure.
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Punjab
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Afghan Frontier
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Kashmir
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Sindh
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Balochistan
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Pakistan became independent in 1947
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Mohammed Ali Jinnah led the Muslim League
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And became Pakistans first Governor General
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Died Sept. 1948
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Pakistan consisted of East Pakistan and West
Pakistan
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West Pakistan
East Pakistan
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Those in East Pakistan were called Bengalis
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1947-1949 First war with India over Kashmir
which is divided
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1951 First Prime Minister assassinated
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Political and economic instability followed
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1956 Pakistans new constitution created an
Islamic state
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A series of military takeovers began in 1958
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1965 Second War over Kashmir. No change in
borders.
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Differences between East and West Pakistan grew.
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1971 Civil War erupted between East and West
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East Pakistan declared itself as independent
Bangladesh
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The West Pakistan army massacred over a million
Bengalis
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More than ten million Bengalis fled to India
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India intervened on the side of Bangladesh
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This was the third war between India and Pakistan.
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Bangladesh became an independent nation
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Pakistan has continued to rule through the
military and by martial law
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The current ruler is Gen. Pervez Musharraf who
took over in 1999.
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Bangladesh
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Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was the leader of Bengali
nationalism
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He founded the East Pakistan Muslim Students
League
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And the Awami League in the 1950s
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He became Bangladeshs first Prime Minister and
President
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He and much of his family were killed in 1975
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A series of military take-overs followed until
1990
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Since then, Bangladesh has had three democratic
elections
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In 1996, Rahmans daughter, Sheikh Hasina, was
elected prime minister as head of the Awami
League.
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