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Reference FCO 37/2138
Department/Office Foreign Office
Title Internal political situation in Bangladesh
Date 1979
Collection Foreign Office Files for India, Pakistan and Afghanistan, 1972-1980
Region South Asia
Countries Bangladesh
Places Bangladesh; Beijing; Bengal; China; Chittagong; Delhi; Dhaka (Dacca); East Bengal; East Pakistan; Gan; India; Iran; Islamabad; Kathmandu; Kolkata (Calcutta); London; New York; Pakistan; Thailand; Uttar Pradesh (United Provinces); Yangon (Rangoon)
People Desai, Morarji; Mirza, Iskander Ali; Zhou Enlai; Zia-ul-Haq, Mohammad
Topics (Bangladesh) Awami League; agriculture; air force; army; assassination; banking; British Government; business; commodities; communism; coup d'état; democracy; economic aid; education; elections; execution; famine; food; foreign policy; Hinduism; independence; Indian Civil Service; Indian National Congress; invasion; Islam; judicial system; labour; land reform; landlords; language; loans; migration; military; Muslim League; nationalism; nonalignment; oil; parliament; peasantry; political parties; railway; revolution; riots and disturbances; roads; secessionism; sharia (Islamic law); socialism; state of emergency; tariffs; tourism; trade; trade unions; transport; United Nations; war; weapons; women
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