A school archive has found a 1954 civil-service memo which says that East Pakistan had more people but fewer senior posts and less development spending than...
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A school archive has found a 1954 civil-service memo which says that East Pakistan had more people but fewer senior posts and less development spending than West Pakistan. A researcher uses it in a case study of tensions inside the Muslim state. Consider why these complaints mattered before the separation of East Pakistan.
(a) Identify the name given to East Pakistan after 1971. [1]
(b) Explain one political or economic grievance of East Pakistanis against West Pakistan. [2]
(c) State the year in which East Pakistan became independent. [1]
Answer Details
(a) Bangladesh. [1] (b) Any two linked points: East Pakistan had a population majority but was under-represented in central government/army; revenue earned from jute was spent disproportionately in West Pakistan; development and industry were concentrated in West Pakistan; Bengali language/culture was not treated equally. [2] (c) 1971. [1]
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