Pakistan's Independence — date?
August 14, 1947
First Governor General — name?
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Language Movement 1952 — key demand?
Recognition of Bengali as a state language
Urdu declaration — by Jinnah?
Urdu as the only state language in 1948
Bengali population in East Bengal?
56 percent spoke Bengali
Jukta Front — formed?
December 4, 1953
Jukta Front — election year?
1954
Jukta Front — victory seats?
223 of 237
Kagmari Conference — year?
1957
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman — famous speech?
March 7, 1971, emphasizing autonomy
Six Points — presented?
February 5-6, 1966, for East Pakistan autonomy
Agartala Case — year?
1968
Case withdrawal — year?
1969
Mujibur Rahman — title?
Bangabandhu (Friend of Bengal)
1971 Liberation War — start?
March 2, 1971, with Non-Cooperation Movement
Yahya Khan — action?
Adjourned National Assembly, March 1, 1971
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman — speech?
March 7, 1971, at Race Course Maidan
Chittagong port — event?
Arms arrival, March 3, 1971
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1. What does Pakistan's independence refer to?
2. On which date did Khawaja Nazimuddin announce Urdu as the sole state language of Pakistan, thereby intensifying the Bengali language demands?
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