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.


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
headOfStateTitle President of Bangladesh
independenceDate 1971-12-16
independenceDay March 26
independenceEvent Bangladesh Liberation War
independenceFrom Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Pakistan
internetTLD .bd
ISO3166-1Alpha2 BD
ISO3166-1Alpha3 BGD
largestCity Dhaka
legislature Jatiya Sangsad
locatedIn Indian subcontinent
majorEthnicGroup Bengalis
majorityReligion Sunni Islam
majorReligion Islam
memberOf Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation
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
East Pakistan
region South Asia
shortName Bangladesh
UNMemberState true
warOfIndependence Bangladesh Liberation War

Referenced by (216)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
.bd ("Bangladesh")
BDT ("Bangladesh")
Bangladesh Liberation War ("Bangladesh")
Bangladeshi taka ("Bangladesh")
Barak River ("Bangladesh")
Baul ("Bangladesh")
Bengali cinema ("Bangladesh")
Brahmaputra ("Bangladesh")
Brahmins ("Bangladesh")
Chittagong ("Bangladesh")
Constitution of Bangladesh ("Bangladesh")
Dhaka ("Bangladesh")
Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna river system ("Bangladesh")
Indo-Gangetic Plain ("Bangladesh")
Jamalpuri dialect ("Bangladesh")
Jamuna River ("Bangladesh")
Jatiya Sangsad ("Bangladesh")
Khulna ("Bangladesh")
Meghna River ("Bangladesh")
Mughal dynasty ("Bangladesh")
Rajshahi ("Bangladesh")
Sundarbans ("Bangladesh")
Teesta River ("Bangladesh")
University of Dhaka ("Bangladesh")
Victory Day (Bangladesh) ("Bangladesh")
country
April Fools' Day ("Bangladesh")
Commonwealth Day ("Bangladesh")
Janmashtami ("Bangladesh")
Kali Puja ("Bangladesh")
Navaratri ("Bangladesh")
Vesak ("Bangladesh")
observedIn
Barak River ("Bangladesh")
Brahmaputra ("Bangladesh")
Ganges ("Bangladesh")
Meghna River ("Bangladesh")
Teesta River ("Bangladesh")
basinCountry
Assam ("Bangladesh")
Bay of Bengal ("Bangladesh")
Meghalaya ("Bangladesh")
Myanmar ("Bangladesh")
borderedBy
Diwali ("Bangladesh")
Holi ("Bangladesh")
Makar Sankranti ("Bangladesh")
Pohela Boishakh ("Bangladesh")
celebratedIn
Barak River ("Bangladesh")
Brahmaputra ("Bangladesh")
Ganges ("Bangladesh")
Jamuna River ("Bangladesh")
flowsThrough
ASEAN Regional Forum ("Bangladesh")
Commonwealth countries ("Bangladesh")
Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) ("Bangladesh")
Islamic Development Bank ("Bangladesh")
hasMember
BIMSTEC ("Bangladesh")
SAARC Development Fund ("Bangladesh")
South Asian University ("Bangladesh")
WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia ("Bangladesh")
memberState
Assamese ("Bangladesh")
Austroasiatic ("Bangladesh")
Bengali ("Bangladesh")
Dravidian languages ("Bangladesh")
region
Indo-Aryan languages ("Bangladesh")
Jamalpuri dialect ("Bangladesh")
Kurukh ("Bangladesh")
Mon-Khmer ("Bangladesh")
spokenIn
Dasgupta ("Bangladesh")
First Lady ("Bangladesh")
Salam ("Bangladesh")
Westminster system ("Bangladesh")
usedInCountry
Commonwealth of Nations ("Bangladesh")
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation ("Bangladesh")
SAARC Cultural Centre ("Bangladesh")
hasMemberState
Hussein ("Bangladesh")
Khan ("Bangladesh")
Malik ("Bangladesh")
isCommonInCountry
Bengal Subah ("present-day Bangladesh")
Dhaka ("Bangladesh")
Jamuna River ("Bangladesh")
locatedIn
BDT ("Bangladesh")
Bengali script ("Bangladesh")
Eastern Nagari script ("Bangladesh")
usedIn
Radcliffe Line ("East Pakistan (now Bangladesh)")
Southwest monsoon ("Bangladesh")
affectsRegion
Lashkari Zaban ("Bangladesh")
Nazrul Geeti ("Bangladesh")
associatedWithCountry
West Bengal ("Bangladesh")
West Bengal ("Bangladesh")
bordersCountry
Barak Valley ("Bangladesh")
Mizoram ("Bangladesh")
borderWith
Irene Khan ("Bangladesh")
Kazi Nazrul Islam ("Bangladesh")
countryOfCitizenship
APNIC ("Bangladesh")
SAARC Disaster Management Centre ("Bangladesh")
countryServed
BIMSTEC ("Bangladesh")
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation ("Bangladesh")
foundingMemberState
Shaktism ("Bangladesh")
Vaishnavism ("Bangladesh")
geographicPresence
Member States of the United Nations ("People's Republic of Bangladesh")
World Health Organization Member States ("Bangladesh")
includes
BDT ("Bangladesh")
Bangladeshi taka ("Bangladesh")
legalTenderIn
Bangladesh Liberation War ("East Pakistan")
Language Movement in East Bengal ("East Pakistan")
location
Indian gazelle ("Bangladesh")
Mango ("Bangladesh")
nativeTo
BDT ("Bangladesh")
Bangladeshi taka ("Bangladesh")
officialCurrencyOf
5.0 ("Bangladesh")
Two Eleven ("Bangladesh")
producer
Assamese ("Bangladesh")
Urdu ("Bangladesh")
recognizedMinorityLanguageIn
Bengal ("Bangladesh")
British India
successorState
Bangladeshi ("Bangladesh")
adjectiveFormOf
Karbi people ("Bangladesh")
alsoFoundIn
Charter of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation ("Bangladesh")
appliesTo
SAARC Secretariat ("Bangladesh")
appliesToJurisdiction
Bengali Muslims ("Bangladesh")
associatedCountry
SAARC Arbitration Council ("Bangladesh")
associatedWith
The Satanic Verses ("Bangladesh")
bannedIn
SAARC Development Fund ("Bangladesh")
beneficiary
India ("Bangladesh")
borderCountry
Eastern Air Command ("Bangladesh")
borderingCountriesInAreaOfResponsibility
Northeast India ("Bangladesh")
borders
Northern India ("Bangladesh")
bordersCountryToEast
Dhaka ("Bangladesh")
capitalOf
LLB ("Bangladesh")
commonRegion
Asia ("Bangladesh")
containsCountry
Bose ("Bangladesh")
countryAssociated
Bangladeshi ("Bangladesh")
countryAssociatedWith
AOC-in-C ("Bangladesh")
countryContext
Bangladeshi American ("Bangladesh")
countryOfOrigin
SAARC Cultural Centre ("Bangladesh")
countryOfService
Member of Parliament ("Bangladesh")
countrySpecificTo
Mughal Empire ("Bangladesh")
countryToday
Chief of the Air Staff ("Bangladesh")
countryUsage
West Bengal coast ("Bangladesh")
crossBorderRegionWith
IR64 ("Bangladesh")
cultivatedIn
Maharaja ("Bangladesh (historical)")
culturalRegion
Bangladeshi taka ("People's Republic of Bangladesh")
currencyOf
Kazi Nazrul Islam ("Bangladesh")
deathPlace
Bangladeshi ("Bangladesh")
demonymFor
BGD ("Bangladesh")
denotesCountry
House on Fire: The Fight to Eradicate Smallpox ("Bangladesh")
describesPlace
Teesta River ("Bangladesh")
disputeBetween
Bollywood cinema ("Bangladesh")
distributionRegion
Bengali Muslims ("Bangladesh")
dominantPopulationGroupOf
Jamuna River ("Bangladesh")
drainageBasinCountry
Bangladeshi ("Bangladesh")
ethnicGroupIn
Sayyids ("Bangladesh")
ethnicRegion
Himalaya with Michael Palin ("Bangladesh")
featuresCountry
SAARC Summit ("Bangladesh")
firstSummitHostCountry
Qadiri ("Bangladesh")
geographicDistribution
Tripura ("Bangladesh")
hasBorderWith
South Asia ("Bangladesh")
hasCountry
Meghna River ("Bangladesh")
hasEconomicImportanceFor
Hawalli ("Bangladesh")
hasExpatriateCommunityFrom
SAARC Summit ("Bangladesh")
hasParticipant
Hinduism ("Bangladesh")
hasPrimaryRegion
Anish ("Bangladesh")
hasRegionOfUse
BIMSTEC ("Bangladesh")
headquartersCountry
South Asian ethnic groups ("Bangladesh")
includesCommunitiesFrom
Bay of Bengal ("Bangladesh")
influencesClimateOf
Teesta River ("Bangladesh")
irrigationProjectIn
Dhaka ("Bangladesh")
isCulturalCenterOf
Dhaka ("Bangladesh")
isEconomicCenterOf
Meghna River ("Bangladesh")
isMajorRiverOf
Khulna ("People's Republic of Bangladesh")
isPartOf
Ahmadiyya ("Bangladesh")
isPersecutedIn
Dhaka ("Bangladesh")
isPoliticalCenterOf
Constitution of Bangladesh ("People's Republic of Bangladesh")
jurisdiction
Muslims ("Bangladesh")
largePopulationsIn
Dhaka ("Bangladesh")
largestCityOf
Bengal Sultanate ("Bangladesh")
locatedInPresentDay
Bangladesh Liberation War ("East Pakistan")
mainTheater
Sino-Tibetan languages ("Bangladesh")
majorCenter
Bengali Muslims ("Bangladesh")
majorityPopulationIn
Oryza sativa ("Bangladesh")
majorProducerCountry
Kali ("Bangladesh")
majorRegionOfWorship
SAFTA ("Bangladesh")
member
Standing Committee (SAARC) ("Bangladesh")
membership
SAARC Energy Centre ("Bangladesh")
memberStates
Tiger ("Bangladesh")
nationalAnimalOf
Silchar ("Bangladesh")
nearestInternationalBorder
Chin ("Bangladesh")
neighboringRegion
Dussehra ("Bangladesh")
observedInCountry
Bengali ("Bangladesh")
officialLanguageOf
People's Republic of Bangladesh ("People's Republic of Bangladesh")
officialName
Star India ("Bangladesh")
operatesInCountry
Border Security Force ("Bangladesh")
operatesOnBorderWith
Bengal ("Bangladesh")
partiallyLocatedIn
Tropic of Cancer ("Bangladesh")
passesThrough
Haredi Jews ("Bangladesh")
populationCenter
Bengali Muslims ("Bangladesh")
populationMajorityReligionIn
People's Republic of Bangladesh ("East Pakistan")
predecessorState
Naqshbandi ("Bangladesh")
presentIn
Bengali literature ("Bangladesh")
primaryRegions
Vesak ("Bangladesh")
publicHolidayIn
2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami ("Bangladesh")
regionAffected
Bose ("Bangladesh")
regionOfOrigin
Sen ("Bangladesh")
regionOfPrevalence
SAARC Tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS Centre ("Bangladesh")
regionServed
BGD ("Bangladesh")
represents
Midnight's Children ("Bangladesh")
settingLocation
West Bengal ("Bangladesh")
sharesCulturalHeritageWith
People's Republic of Bangladesh ("Bangladesh")
shortName
Santhali ("Bangladesh")
spokenInCountry
Indo-Iranian languages ("Bangladesh")
spokenInRegion
Theravada ("Bangladesh")
spreadTo
Rohingya ("Bangladesh")
tookRefugeIn
Indo-Aryan languages ("Bangladesh")
usedAsOfficialLanguageIn
Saraswati ("Bangladesh")
veneratedIn
Teesta River ("Bangladesh")
waterSharingNegotiatedBy
Mango ("Bangladesh")
widelyCultivatedIn
Hanafi school ("Bangladesh")
widelyFollowedIn
Vishnu ("Bangladesh")
worshippedIn
Rabindranath Tagore ("Bangladesh")
wroteAnthemFor

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