East Pakistan

Example Sentences

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There are estimated to be over a million ethnic Bengalis now living in Pakistan, many of whom arrived during the war, after which East Pakistan declared independence and became Bangladesh.

From Barron's

Some of Jamaat's politicians were accused of collaborating with then East Pakistan.

From BBC

The fifth partition—in truth, a secession—was that of Pakistan itself in 1971, when East Pakistan became the new nation of Bangladesh after a bloody civil war.

From The Wall Street Journal

The animosity between them goes back to 1971, when Bangladesh - then known as East Pakistan - launched a struggle to gain independence from Islamabad.

From BBC

Bengal itself was divided between India and East Pakistan, which would later become Bangladesh.

From BBC