Causes of Separation of East Pakistan

Causes of Separation of East Pakistan

There are some causes of separation of east pakistan. This is like.

1)    Disintegrations in Culture, Politics and Economies many other think.

2)    Political and Economic Exploitation both East and West Pakistan.

3)    Political and military ambition of the then West Pakistan.

4)    Lack of trust both East and West Pakistan.

5)    Mentality of the west Pakistan government.

In 1947, the British India had been divided into two countries based on two nation’s (India and Pakistan)  theory. One part became “India” (based on Hindu), the secular one and other part emerged as “Pakistan”, based on the religion of  Islam (muslim). The distance of the two wings of Pakistan was huge, more than 1,500 k. m. and India being lain down between those two part of Pakistan. Geographically unshaped and discontented & unhappy political condition, Pakistan emerged as a sovereign country in the region based on the sentiment of Islam. The majority people of Pakistan were Muslims (Bangladesh part) (85.9% in 1951) in belief and other portion mainly of Hindus.

The then Muslims were afraid to be merged into the overwhelmingly majority of Hindus in India. The Hindus were the most progressive in all spheres of the state They were mostly highly educated, cultural and advanced in economic conditions than those of Muslims from this part. Hence, they demanded separate sovereign country for the Muslim majority portion and the result of that was Pakistan.

But from the very beginning, the West Pakistani establishment tried to exploit Bengalis. They adopted the policy to dominate them in politics as well as in economic sector also. The dream of the Bengali nation in the eastern part of Pakistan, were faded out day by day. At first, they got shocked in the name of state language, Mohammad Ali Jinnah declared in Dhaka in 1948 that Urdu would be the only state language for Pakistan (East and West part), though the majority were the Bengali (56.40%)  and their language, culture and literature were too strong and rich in the region. On 21 February 1952, (Some university student and general people also) Pakistan police shot down some agitators in Dhaka while they were demanding ‘Bangla’ as the state language along with Urdu. This incidence turned Bengali to the Bengali nationalism. Thus the political disintegration had been started in Pakistan two part.