Pakistan's Independence — date?
August 14, 1947
First Governor General — name?
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Language Movement 1952 — key demand?
Recognition of Bengali as a state language
Urdu declaration — by Jinnah?
Urdu as the only state language in 1948
Bengali population in East Bengal?
56 percent spoke Bengali
Jukta Front — formed?
December 4, 1953
Jukta Front — election year?
1954
Jukta Front — victory seats?
223 of 237
Kagmari Conference — year?
1957
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman — famous speech?
March 7, 1971, emphasizing autonomy
Six Points — presented?
February 5-6, 1966, for East Pakistan autonomy
Agartala Case — year?
1968
Case withdrawal — year?
1969
Mujibur Rahman — title?
Bangabandhu (Friend of Bengal)
1971 Liberation War — start?
March 2, 1971, with Non-Cooperation Movement
Yahya Khan — action?
Adjourned National Assembly, March 1, 1971
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman — speech?
March 7, 1971, at Race Course Maidan
Chittagong port — event?
Arms arrival, March 3, 1971
Answer 9 questions on Path to Bengali Independence.
1. What does Pakistan's independence refer to?
2. On which date did Khawaja Nazimuddin announce Urdu as the sole state language of Pakistan, thereby intensifying the Bengali language demands?
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