A report on Bangladesh Liberation War, Bangladesh and Cox's Bazar

Clockwise from top left: Martyred Intellectuals Memorial; Bangladesh Forces howitzer; Lt. Gen. Amir Niazi signs the Pakistani Instrument of Surrender to Indian and Bangladeshi forces in the presence of Lt. Gen. Jagjit Singh; the.

Cox's Bazar Map from Series U542, US Army Map Service, 1955

A map of the British Raj in 1909 showing Muslim majority areas in green, including modern-day Bangladesh in the east and Pakistan in the west.

Panorama of Cox's Bazar in the early morning: clouds on a blue sky, still water and forest in the distance.

Vanga Kingdom and erstwhile neighbours in ancient South Asia

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the leader of East Pakistan, and later Bangladesh

The location of Bengali and Pakistani military units during Operation Searchlight, March 1971

7th century buddhist monastery. Known as Somapura Mahavihara

An iconic poster by Quamrul Hassan on General Yahya Khan, representing the Pakistani military junta as demons.

The Pala Empire was an imperial power during the Late Classical period on the Indian subcontinent, which originated in the region of Bengal.

Cox's Bazaar (Kolatoli Sea Beach) after sunset

The eleven sectors during the Bangladesh Liberation War

The Sixty Dome Mosque is the largest mosque in the UNESCO protected Mosque City of Bagerhat.

An advertisement for former Beatle George Harrison's "Bangla Desh" single, released in July 1971 to raise international awareness and funds for the millions of Bangladeshi refugees.

Choto Sona Mosque, built during the reign of Sultan Alauddin Hussain Shah

Illustration showing military units and troop movements during the war

Shipbuilding was a major industry in the Bengal Sultanate and later in Mughal Bengal

Allied Indian T-55 tanks on their way to Dacca

The Bibi Mariam Cannon (Lady Mary Cannon) was used by the Mughals to defend their bases.

Lalbagh Fort was the residence of the Mughal viceroy Shaista Khan.

Signing of Pakistani Instrument of Surrender by Pakistan's Lt.Gen. A. A. K. Niazi and Jagjit Singh Aurora on behalf of Indian and Bangladesh Forces in Dhaka on 16 Dec' 1971

Portuguese envoys (top left) at the imperial court of emperor Akbar. The Portuguese settlement in Chittagong flourished until the Mughals expelled the Portuguese in 1666.

Rayerbazar killing field photographed immediately after the war, showing dead bodies of intellectuals (image courtesy: Rashid Talukder, 1971)

Lord Clive meeting with Mir Jafar after the Battle of Plassey, which led to the overthrow of the last independent Nawab of Bengal

Founding conference of the All India Muslim League in Dhaka, 1906

French minister André Malraux vowed to fight alongside the Mukti Bahini in the Liberation War.

The Dominion of Pakistan in 1947, with East Bengal its eastern part

Senator Ted Kennedy led US congressional support for Bangladeshi independence

Women students of Dhaka University marching in defiance of the Section 144 prohibition on assembly during the Bengali Language Movement in early 1953

The Nixon administration was widely criticised for its close ties with the military junta led by General Yahya Khan. American diplomats in East Pakistan expressed profound dissent in the Blood Telegram.

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (left) and Munier Chowdhury (centre) visiting Matiul Islam (right), an East Bengali student at Harvard during the late 1950s

Sheikh Mujib casting his ballot during a general election. He was given the popular title of Bangabandhu (Friend of Bengal) and is regarded as Bangladesh's founding leader.

Ziaur Rahman with members of the Dutch royal family in 1978

Muhammad Yunus (center) celebrating the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006 with his family in Oslo, Norway

Rohingya refugees entering Bangladesh from Myanmar

A Bengal tiger, the national animal, in the Sundarbans

Bangabhaban, the official residence of the President of Bangladesh, was built in 1905 during the British Raj for use by the Viceroy of India and the Governor of Bengal.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during bilateral talks with Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the Prime Minister's Office in Dhaka

Map of Bangladesh UN Peacekeeping Force deployments

First South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) meeting in 1985 in Dhaka (l-r, top row: the presidents of Pakistan and the Maldives, the king of Bhutan, the president of Bangladesh, the prime minister of India, the king of Nepal and the president of Sri Lanka)

U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry meeting Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her residence in Dhaka in April 2021

The Rapid Action Battalion has been sanctioned by the United States for human rights abuses

Historical development of GDP per capita

Construction of Padma Bridge, the longest bridge on the Ganges, by China Major Bridge Engineering Co. Ltd. The bridge was designed by AECOM.

Hotels and office blocks in an upmarket neighborhood of Dhaka

Paddy fields dominate the country's farmland. Bangladesh is a top global producer of rice (3rd), potatoes (7th), tropical fruits (6th), jute (2nd), and farmed fish (5th).

A Boeing 777 of the national flag carrier Biman Bangladesh Airlines

Coal and natural-gas fields in Bangladesh, 2011

In 2018, the first payload of SpaceX's Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket was the Bangabandhu-1 satellite built by Thales Alenia Space

The Charyapada scrolls are the oldest surviving text of the Bengali language. The photograph was taken at the Rajshahi College Library

Chakma alphabets are indigenous to the Chittagong Hill Tracts

Eid prayers for Muslims at Barashalghar, Debidwar, Comilla

Bangladeshis celebrating Pahela Baishakh as a mark of the beginning of Bengali new year

Faculty of Sciences at the University of Dhaka; The Curzon Hall

A Bangladeshi nurse in Kutupalong Refugee Camp

Historical development of life expectancy in Bangladesh

A preserved cloth of historic Bengali fine muslin, which is now extinct

Muslim feminist Begum Rokeya and her husband in 1898

The 18th century terracotta Hindu Kantanagar Temple in Dinajpur

A Baul from Lalon Shah's shrine in Kushtia

Embroidery on Nakshi kantha (embroidered quilt), centuries-old Bengali art tradition

Traditional Bangladeshi Meal: Mustard seed Ilish Curry, Dhakai Biryani and Pitha

Bangladesh team on practice session at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium

Anwar Hossain playing Siraj-ud-Daulah, the last independent Nawab of Bengal, in the 1967 film Nawab Sirajuddaulah

Beds of zamindars kept at the Bangladesh National Museum

The Bangladesh Liberation War (মুক্তিযুদ্ধ, ), also known as the Bangladesh War of Independence, or simply the Liberation War in Bangladesh, was a revolution and armed conflict sparked by the rise of the Bengali nationalist and self-determination movement in erstwhile East Pakistan which resulted in the independence of Bangladesh.

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Cox's Bazar (কক্সবাজার; ) is a city, fishing port, tourism centre, and district headquarters in southeastern Bangladesh.

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The refusal of the Pakistani military junta to transfer power to the Awami League led by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman led to the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971, in which the Mukti Bahini aided by India waged a successful armed revolution.

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This and the nearby airstrip of the Pakistan Air Force were the scene of intense shelling by the Indian Navy during the Bangladesh Liberation War.

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Sea Hawks from the carrier INS Vikrant also struck Chittagong, Barisal and Cox's Bazar, destroying the eastern wing of the Pakistan Navy and effectively blockading the East Pakistan ports, thereby cutting off any escape routes for the stranded Pakistani soldiers.

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Tourism is developing, with the beach resort of Cox's Bazar at the centre of the industry.

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Chittagong

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Hilltop mansions and bungalows historically dominated Chittagong's skyline

Royal Air Force Thunderbolts lined up at Chittagong in 1944

Mohammad Yusuf Chowdhury Road in the Tigerpass area, an example of the city's hilly landscape

A meeting between the Bangladesh Navy and US Navy in Chittagong

Aziz Court Imperial is the tallest building in Chittagong

Jamiatul Falah, one of the largest mosques in Chittagong

Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology, one of the five public engineering universities in Bangladesh

A MAN SE double decker bus on the N1 highway between Dhaka and Chittagong

Chittagong Court Building, an example of Indo-Saracenic architecture in Chittagong

The Indo-Saracenic old terminal of Chittagong Railway Station

Forestry Institute, Chittagong University

Masjid Siraj-ud-Daulah, a mosque named after the last Nawab of Bengal

Apartment buildings in the affluent Khulshi area

Chittagong (/ˈtʃɪt əˌɡɒŋ/ chit-uh-gong; Chittagonian: চিটাং), officially Chattogram (Bengali: চিটাগং, চট্টগ্রাম), is the second-largest city in Bangladesh after Dhaka.

During the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971, Chittagong was the site of the Bangladeshi declaration of independence.

The fishing port of Cox's Bazar is home to one of the world's longest natural beaches.

Dhaka

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Bengali woman wearing muslin in Dhaka in 1789

Dhaka, or Dacca, under British rule in 1861.

The Rajoshik sculpture, in front of the InterContinental Dhaka, displays a horse carriage that was once common in the city

Dhaka's central business district in the 1960s

Aerial view of Dhaka's main CBD in the 1980s, including the Jiban Bima Tower, Janata Bank Bhaban and Bangladesh Shilpa Bank Bhaban

Aerial view of Dhaka skyline, including the Independence Monument in Suhrawardy Udyan and the adjacent Ramna Park

The National Parliament House in Sher-e-Bangla Nagar

Nagar Bhaban is the seat of the Dhaka South City Corporation

City Centre Bangladesh (centre), Janata Bank Bhaban (left) and the office of Biman (right) in Motijheel CBD

The Ekushey Book Fair is the largest Bengali language book fair in Bangladesh

Dhaka has a popular style of mutton and potato biryani, known as the Kachi Biryani.

The headquarters of Bangladesh Television

The Teacher-Student Centre in Dhaka University, designed by Constantinos Apostolou Doxiadis, is one of the major student hubs of the city

Runway and apron area of the Shahjalal International Airport

thumb|Ahsan Manzil in Old Dhaka, a fine example of Indo-Saracenic architecture in the city

Laila Centre (Citi offices) designed in the shape of a Rubik's Cube

Chistia Palace is a modernist castle and one of the most famous private residences in Dhaka

Bait Ur Rouf Mosque designed by Marina Tabassum

Gulshan Society Mosque designed by Kashef Mahboob Chowdhury

Dhaka ( or ; ঢাকা, ), formerly known as Dacca, is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh, as well as the world's largest Bengali-speaking city.

In 1971, after the Liberation War, it became the capital of independent Bangladesh.

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