Why Was Bangladesh Created?

Bangladesh was created in December, 1971 when the former East Pakistan was separated from Pakistan. In fact such major incidents do not take place all of a sudden. There is a long story of dissatisfactions and grievances which continued growing for a long period. Same happened in case of the separation of East Pakistan. Main 2 causes are as follows:

1. East Pakistan was at a distance of 1600Kms from the West Pakistan with a large hostile Indian territory in between, had East Pakistan been contiguous to West Pakistan the separation would never have taken place.

2. Political grievances were the most important reason. The area had the larger population by 54% but the political powers were in the hands of West Wing Politicians. They had the grievance of under-representation. They demanded more seats in the Central Assembly and more participation in the local and Federal cabinets as they were more in the population. The political reason also consisted of the disunity among the Ministers and Political representatives. If Bangladesh had not been separated, there must have always been fights among Muslims and Hindus on account of more territories and more Participation.