Book contents
- A History of Bangladesh
- A History of Bangladesh
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Plates
- Maps and Figures
- Preface to Second Edition
- Acknowledgements
- Timeline
- Introduction
- Part I The Long View
- Part II Colonial Encounters
- Part III Becoming East Pakistan
- Part IV War and the Birth of Bangladesh
- Chapter 17 Armed Conflict
- Chapter 18 A State Is Born
- Chapter 19 Imagining a New Nation
- Part V Independent Bangladesh
- Conclusion
- Bangladesh District Maps
- Key Political Figures since 1947
- Glossary of Bengali Terms
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Chapter 19 - Imagining a New Nation
from Part IV - War and the Birth of Bangladesh
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 June 2021
Book contents
- A History of Bangladesh
- A History of Bangladesh
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Plates
- Maps and Figures
- Preface to Second Edition
- Acknowledgements
- Timeline
- Introduction
- Part I The Long View
- Part II Colonial Encounters
- Part III Becoming East Pakistan
- Part IV War and the Birth of Bangladesh
- Chapter 17 Armed Conflict
- Chapter 18 A State Is Born
- Chapter 19 Imagining a New Nation
- Part V Independent Bangladesh
- Conclusion
- Bangladesh District Maps
- Key Political Figures since 1947
- Glossary of Bengali Terms
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Independent Bangladesh now set to building a new national identity. The prevailing mood was that the inhabitants were Bengalis first and Muslims next. The new society should be ordered in accordance with principles that had been developed in the West and could be adapted to local circumstances: democracy, socialism and secularism. The Bengal delta’s regional culture and language became Bangladesh’s national culture.
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- A History of Bangladesh , pp. 208 - 216Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020