Bangladesh: civil resistance in the struggle for independence, 1948-1971

By taking a longer, historical view of Bengalis' struggle for independence, this chapter focuses on the Bangla language movement and the nonviolent civil resistance of March 1971. Both movements were directed against a government' which repeatedly used violent means...

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Main Author: Hossain, Ishtiaq
Format: Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Lynne-Rienner 2013
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Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/30446/1/Book_Chapter._Bangladesh..pdf
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description By taking a longer, historical view of Bengalis' struggle for independence, this chapter focuses on the Bangla language movement and the nonviolent civil resistance of March 1971. Both movements were directed against a government' which repeatedly used violent means of repression against unarmed people.However, the resort to violence failed to strangulate the movements,often backfired,and ultimately proved counter productive in the face of massive nonviolent mobilization. These two movements are viewed as important "shapers" of Bengali national identity and "enablers" of the emergence of a quasi-independent East Pakistan by the time violent struggle broke out on March 25, 1971 ' I91
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spelling oai:generic.eprints.org:304462014-02-18T08:05:48Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/30446/ Bangladesh: civil resistance in the struggle for independence, 1948-1971 Hossain, Ishtiaq JQ Political institutions Asia By taking a longer, historical view of Bengalis' struggle for independence, this chapter focuses on the Bangla language movement and the nonviolent civil resistance of March 1971. Both movements were directed against a government' which repeatedly used violent means of repression against unarmed people.However, the resort to violence failed to strangulate the movements,often backfired,and ultimately proved counter productive in the face of massive nonviolent mobilization. These two movements are viewed as important "shapers" of Bengali national identity and "enablers" of the emergence of a quasi-independent East Pakistan by the time violent struggle broke out on March 25, 1971 ' I91 Lynne-Rienner 2013 Book Chapter PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/30446/1/Book_Chapter._Bangladesh..pdf Hossain, Ishtiaq (2013) Bangladesh: civil resistance in the struggle for independence, 1948-1971. In: Recovering non-violent history: civil resistance in liberation struggles. Lynne-Rienner, Colorado, USA, pp. 199-216. ISBN 9781588268952
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