People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan)

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The People's Republic of Bangladesh is a South Asian nation that emerged in 1971 after a war of independence, becoming a sovereign state with its capital in Dhaka and a predominantly Bengali Muslim population.

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How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf South Asian country
country
republic
sovereign state
unitary state
borderedBy India
Myanmar
callingCode +880
capital Dhaka
continent Asia
currency Bangladeshi taka
currencyCode BDT
demonym Bangladeshi
drivesOn left
governmentType parliamentary republic
hasCoastlineOn Bay of Bengal
headOfGovernmentTitle Prime Minister of Bangladesh
linked to: Prime Minister
headOfStateTitle President of Bangladesh
independenceDate 1971-12-16
independenceDay March 26
independenceEvent Bangladesh Liberation War
independenceFrom Islamic Republic of Pakistan
linked to: Pakistan

Pakistan
internetTLD .bd
ISO3166-1Alpha2 BD
linked to: .bd
ISO3166-1Alpha3 BGD
largestCity Dhaka
legislature Jatiya Sangsad
locatedIn Indian subcontinent
linked to: South Asia
majorEthnicGroup Bengalis
linked to: Bengali
majorityReligion Sunni Islam
majorReligion Islam
memberOf Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation
linked to: BIMSTEC

Commonwealth of Nations
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
United Nations
nationalDay Victory Day
nationalDayDate December 16
nationalLanguage Bengali
officialLanguage Bengali
officialName People's Republic of Bangladesh
populationMajority Bengali Muslims
predecessorState Dominion of Pakistan
linked to: Pakistan

East Pakistan
region South Asia
shortName Bangladesh
UNMemberState true
warOfIndependence Bangladesh Liberation War

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British India successorState People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan)
India borderCountry Bangladesh
linked to: People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan)
Commonwealth countries hasMember Bangladesh
linked to: People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan)
Asia containsCountry Bangladesh
linked to: People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan)
Mughal Empire countryToday Bangladesh
linked to: People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan)
Member States of the United Nations includes People's Republic of Bangladesh
linked to: People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan)
Westminster system usedInCountry Bangladesh
linked to: People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan)
Hinduism hasPrimaryRegion Bangladesh
linked to: People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan)
WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia memberState Bangladesh
linked to: People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan)
Mango nativeTo Bangladesh
linked to: People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan)
Mango widelyCultivatedIn Bangladesh
linked to: People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan)
Ganges flowsThrough Bangladesh
linked to: People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan)
Ganges basinCountry Bangladesh
linked to: People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan)
Tropic of Cancer passesThrough Bangladesh
linked to: People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan)
Bengal partiallyLocatedIn Bangladesh
linked to: People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan)
Bengal successorState Bangladesh
linked to: People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan)
Assam borderedBy Bangladesh
linked to: People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan)
Bengali officialLanguageOf Bangladesh
linked to: People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan)
Bengali region Bangladesh
linked to: People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan)
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation foundingMemberState Bangladesh
linked to: People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan)
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation hasMemberState Bangladesh
linked to: People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan)
Urdu recognizedMinorityLanguageIn Bangladesh
subject linked to: Urdu language
linked to: People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan)
South Asia hasCountry Bangladesh
linked to: People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan)
Indo-Aryan languages spokenIn Bangladesh
linked to: People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan)
Indo-Aryan languages usedAsOfficialLanguageIn Bangladesh
linked to: People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan)
Rabindranath Tagore wroteAnthemFor Bangladesh
linked to: People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan)
Brahmaputra country Bangladesh
linked to: People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan)
Brahmaputra flowsThrough Bangladesh
linked to: People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan)
Brahmaputra basinCountry Bangladesh
linked to: People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan)
Commonwealth Day observedIn Bangladesh
linked to: People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan)
Northern India bordersCountryToEast Bangladesh
subject linked to: northern India
linked to: People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan)
Irene Khan countryOfCitizenship Bangladesh
linked to: People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan)
Myanmar borderedBy Bangladesh
linked to: People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan)
People's Republic of Bangladesh officialName People's Republic of Bangladesh
linked to: People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan)
People's Republic of Bangladesh shortName Bangladesh
linked to: People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan)
People's Republic of Bangladesh predecessorState East Pakistan
linked to: People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan)
Dravidian languages region Bangladesh
linked to: People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan)
Bay of Bengal borderedBy Bangladesh
linked to: People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan)
Bay of Bengal influencesClimateOf Bangladesh
linked to: People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan)
House on Fire: The Fight to Eradicate Smallpox describesPlace Bangladesh
linked to: People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan)
Haredi Jews populationCenter Bangladesh
linked to: People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan)
Diwali celebratedIn Bangladesh
linked to: People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan)
Holi celebratedIn Bangladesh
linked to: People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan)
Vishnu worshippedIn Bangladesh
linked to: People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan)
Saraswati veneratedIn Bangladesh
linked to: People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan)
Navaratri observedIn Bangladesh
linked to: People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan)
Janmashtami observedIn Bangladesh
linked to: People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan)
Makar Sankranti celebratedIn Bangladesh
linked to: People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan)
Sen regionOfPrevalence Bangladesh
linked to: People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan)
Shaktism geographicPresence Bangladesh
linked to: People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan)