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India along with East and West Pakistan gain independance from brittish rule. East Pakistan (Bangladesh) and West Pakistan are on opposite sides of India.
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A strike is organized at the university of dhaka and students protest that the bengali language is not recognized in official use and an identity crisis begins.
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The people of East Pakistan create the Awami league which works to try and gain independance from West Pakistan.
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In a speech governor-general Khawaja Nazimuddin defends the official use of Urdu only in bangladesh and pakistan. Uproar among bengali citizens begins.
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The United Front (a bengali political group) win elections in East Pakistan and begin acting for a seperation between bangladesh and Pakistan who continue to abuse power over bangladesh and denying them civil rights.
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Pakistan Continues harassing Bangladesh politically and economically.
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Mujibur makes six demands in order to put an end to West Pakistan's harassment of East Pakistan.
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Awami League wins the race to elect a new leader (Sheikh Mujibur Rahman) but West Pakistan refuses to acknowledge these poll results.
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Mujib is arrested and taken to west pakistan after a bloody war and East Pakistan gains independance from Pakistan after a year long war which involved india helping Bangladesh.
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Following the war victory Mujibur returns to Bangladesh and is elected the new prime minister.
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Severe flooding occurs many crops were ruined and there was an estimated death toll of 28,000 and Bangladesh is in chaos.
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Mujib is elected president but in august of that year he is assasinated and the country is under martial law soon after.
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Mother and Father Permanantly Immigrate to U.S. They lived in various apartments in Brooklyn, New York.
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Parents first daughter Naimah was born in Brooklyn, New York.
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Parents packed and moved to America with their daughter Naimah and have been living in West Philadelphia ever since.
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I was born this day
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I went to Bangladesh for the first time. Realized the condition it was in, stuck as a third world country.
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After falling into lake I nearly drowned it was a life changing experience.
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I was mugged on my way home from school taking the Bus
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Got accepted into SLA and went threre and here I am today.
