Sehgal, Ikram

Blood over different shade of green : East Pakistan 1971 : history revisited / Ikram Sehgal - Karachi : Oxford University Press, 2020 - xx, 410 p.

1. The cultural identity of east Bengalis
2. The language movement
3. Purba Pakistan : the united Bengal plan and the partition of Bengal
4. Economic disparity and delayed development of East Pakistan
5. Political differences between east and West Pakistan
6. The 1965 war, the six point movement and agartala
7. Towards open confrontation
8. First general election in Pakistan: December 1970
9. Election aftermath
10. Outrage in March 1971
11. A deadly polarization
12. The stalemate
13. Operation searchlight phase-1
14. Winning the battle but losing the war 1
15. Accusations of rape and genocide
16. Winning the battle but losing the war 2
17. India’s role in the East Pakistan crisis
18. Dhaka daze
19. The theatre of the absurd: September-October 1971
20. The beginning of the end
21. The last days of united Pakistan
22. The aftermath of 1971: lessons to be learned



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Bangladesh--Sehgal, Ikram, 1946--Pakistan--Politics and government

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