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1970s in Bangladesh

The 1970s (pronounced "nineteen-seventies", commonly abbreviated as the "Seventies") was a decade of the Gregorian calendar that began on 1 January 1970 and ended on 31 December 1979. It was a very significant decade in the history of Bangladesh because this is the decade in which Bangladesh emerged as a sovereign state. The decade began with a devastating cyclone that ravaged the southern part of the country. The next year the country entered into a liberation war and achieved independence from Pakistan. The government of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman administered the newly formed country between 1972 and 1975, but their rule soon came to an end through a series of coups and countercoups in the later part of the decade. Economically, the country struggled because of the war (1971) and famine (1974) throughout the decade and was highly dependent on foreign aid. Culturally, Bangladesh started to establish its own identity as an independent nation.

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• ▸Home of a Rebel Sharpshooter
• ▸Halton Hills
• ▸Anton Corbijn

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