This book explores India-Bangladesh bilateral ties over the past fifty years, tracing Bengal's history, the Partition, and the birth of Bangladesh. It examines domestic challenges, including political turmoil, military interventions, the secularism-theocracy conflict, the Chakma insurgency, communal tensions, and the nation's recovery.
This book explores India-Bangladesh bilateral ties over the past fifty years, tracing Bengal's history, the Partition, and the birth of Bangladesh. It examines domestic challenges, including political turmoil, military interventions, the secularism-theocracy conflict, the Chakma insurgency, communal tensions, and the nation's recovery.
Pinak Ranjan Chakravarty joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1977 and served in key diplomatic roles across Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the UK, Pakistan, Israel, Bangladesh, and Thailand. He has also served at the Ministry of External Affairs, India as Chief of Protocol. A former President of the Association of Indian Diplomats, he is a prolific writer, having authored over 170 articles, book reviews, and chapters on international relations and India's foreign policy and diplomacy.
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Preface Introduction 1. Partition: First Step Towards Bangladesh 2. East Pakistan: Rise of Bengali Nationalism 3. Emergence of Bangladesh 4. Early Years: Domestic Politics and Bilateral Ties 5. The Chakma Rebellion: Bangladesh's Lingering Insurgency 6. Religion and Politics 7. Post-Mujib Bilateral Ties: 1975-2006 8. Bilateral Ties: Transformation 1.0 9. Transformation 2.0 10. Economy, Trade and Economic Ties 11. Vexed Issues: Bilateral Challenges 12. Conclusion Selected Bibliography Index