Old Atlas

[Chicken Run]

I was at my dads at the w/e and found an old world atlas, what realy interested me was a country called East Pakistan which looks to me like it's now called Bangladesh, I didnt know this, was this country part of what is now known as Pakistan and the atlas calling it West Pakistan?

 

[CHAPPERS]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh

 

[Gully]

I believe Pakistan used to be part of India, think it became an independant state in the late 40's.

 

[Man of Harveys]

I believe Pakistan used to be part of India, think it became an independant state in the late 40's.

It was created in 1947 on independence from the Brits - Ghandi was devastated by the creation of a separate state. The movement of refugees across the border at the time of partition was one of the bloodier episodes in history - trains would pull into Lahore station with blood pouring out of the carriages etc etc.

When I was in Lahore, I missed watching the changing of the guard - for which they choose the tallest soldiers in India and Pakistan - and went to watch England playing CRICKET instead...

 

[Gully]

And the two countries have been part of one of the greatest Mexican stand-offs in history ever since, in Kashmir, apart from the occasional dust up.

 

[crosbysleftear]

Bangladesh was part of Pakistan when India and Pakistan became independent in 1947 and was known as East Pakistan. It became independent in its own right in the 60s I think (might have been early 70s) after a war in which India got involved as well. It then took on the name Bangladesh.