Flashcard: Path to Bengali Independence — 18 carte

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