Independence 1971 from Pakistan after a 9 month

Independence: 1971 from Pakistan after a 9 -month long bloody war

Facts at a Glance u Full country name: The People's Republic of Bangladesh Area: 143, 998 sq km Population: 135 million Capital city: Dhaka (pop: 6 million) People: 98% Bengali, 1% Bihari, 1% tribal Language: Bangla (Bengali) Religion: 87% Islam, 12% Hindu, 0. 5% Buddhist & 0. 3% Christian Government: Constitutional Republic President: Dr. Yazuddin Ahmed u Economic u Profile GDP: US$48 billion World GDP ranking: 56 th GDP per head: US$330 Annual growth: 4. 5% Inflation: 3% Major industries: Textiles, clothing, jute Major trading partners: US, Japan, South Korea

Bangladesh Territory Bangladesh is nestled in the crook of the Bay of Bengal, surrounded by India. It shares a border in the southeast with Myanmar and fronts onto the Bay of Bengal. The country is flat, and dominated by the braided strands of the Ganges-Brahmaputra. Jamuna delta.

WAR OF INDEPENDENCE 1971

PICTURES OF LIBERATION WAR The Pakistan Army didn't even spare the Holy Quran Shaheed Minar destroyed by Pakistani mortars

PICTURES OF LIBERATION WAR Those suspected were kidnapped and killed brutally by the Pakistani army and their collaborators Dr. Fazle Rabbi, Killed for Patriotism. (On December 14, 1971 some of the best brains of Bangladesh were brutally tortured and killed)

PICTURES OF LIBERATION WAR Freedom Fighters in ambush near Dhaka Portrait of a freedom fighter

PICTURES OF LIBERATION WAR Innocent men killed by the Pakistanis Refugees of War

PICTURES OF LIBERATION WAR Dogs eating corpse Running for refuge

PICTURES OF LIBERATION WAR Massacre by Pakistani Soldiers Planned Killing of the Intellectuals

PICTURES OF LIBERATION WAR A Poster by Potua Kamrul Hasan depicts President Yahiya Khan of Pakistanas a Demon On December 16, 1971 Gen. Niazi (Middle) of Pakistan scorted by Gen. Aurora (left) and Major Haider (right) surrendered with 91 thousand soldiers.

CULTURE & HERRITAGE Partition, Wood, 19 th Century A. D Model of Ahsan Manzil (an old palace of the Nawabs of Dhaka) gold and silver filigree work of Dhaka 1905 A. D

CULTURE & HERRITAGE Inscription in Arabic, black stone of Sultan Nasiruddin Nusrat Shah, 929 A. H. /1522 -23 A. D

CULTURE & HERRITAGE Visnu, Bronze : before conservation Visnu, Bronze : after conservation

CULTURE & HERRITAGE Manasa (snake deity), bronze, 11 th century A. D. Terracotta plaque, 1 st century B. C.

CULTURE & HERRITAGE Gold Coin, Jalaluddin Muhammad Akbar 1556 -1605 A. D. Waterfowls of Bangladesh

CULTURE & HERRITAGE Spotted Deer of the Sunderban Mangrove Forest

CULTURE & HERRITAGE Santal by Zainul Abedin Three Belles by Quamrul Hasan

CULTURE & HERRITAGE Famine Sketch by Zainul Abedin

CULTURE & HERRITAGE Sculpture by Novera Ahmed

TV PERFORMER Shuborna Shomi Keiser Bipasha

TV PERFORMER Mou Tarin

TV PERFORMER Afsana Mimi Ishita Tazin

FILM ACTRESS Shabnur Popi

FILM ACTRESS Moushumi Shabzan

BANGLADESH IN THE WORLD CUP CRICKET 1999 In 1999 World Cup Cricket, Bangladesh beat Pakistan

FIRST TEST MATCH Against India

EID FASHION

SMALL MOUNTAIN IN BANGLADESH

LAL BAGER KELLA

WAR MARTYRS MEMORIAL

PARLIAMENT BHABAN

TEA GARDEN

OBSERVANCE OF 21 ST FEBRUARY-INTERNATIONAL MOTHER LANGUAGE DAY

ROYAL BENGAL TIGER

DHAKA UNIVERSITY

SMALL MOUNTAIN

BIRDS OF BANGLADESH

BANGLADESH GROUP AT TOKYO ACADEMIC PARK.