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BANGLADESH AND ITS BACK HISTORY

colonial Exploitation of 23 years from 1947 to 1971

a province of West Pakistan

exploited everywhere in case of education, employment and development

Liberation

of war 1971

POLITICAL HISTORY

LIBERATION OF WAR

POST LIBERATION POLITICAL HISTORY OF BANGLADESH

ZIAUR RAHMAN, (1975-81)

ECONOMIC CONDITION(1971-1980)

ECONOMIC CONDITION(1971-1980)

TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM AFTER INDEPENDENCE

The internal transportation system was virtually destroyed during the war of independence.

A severe cyclone hit its coastal areas and damaged transportation system

Important bridges were destroyed by the freedom fighters

Karnafuly channel was blocked by sank ship.

Lack of budget to repair the roads.

PRICE LEVEL

No stabilization in price level after Independence.

As commodities are required to import from countries so price hike was a must.

The flood during the war caused

price rise up suddenly after the independence

Moreover, the famine in 1974 gave a upper boost to price

Less diplomatic relation as a new born country

INFLUENCE OF INDIA ON BANGLADESH ECONOMYHelp was mainly provided to carry out India’s own interest .

Pakistan’s very existence was not accepted by India.

India gained an instant market for its many products in Bangladesh after independence.

India made Bangladesh to vow to them alaways

COMPARISON BETWEEN PRE-LIBERATION AND POST-LIBERATION PERIOD

Achieved regional independence but not the economical independence.

Extreme poverty evading life

Extreme poverty prevailing everywhere

STICKING EVENTS INFLUENCING POLITICS AND ECONOMY OF BANGLADESH

Assassination of Mujib

Assassination of Zia

Flood and cyclone in 1971

Famine in 1974