Modern World History: Bangladesh

Comprehensive article, divided into chapters, covering Bangladesh from BCE to the present. Go to the "Table of Contents" to locate information on specific topics, like culture, economy, history, etc.

Table showing exports from East Bengal by both the Dutch East India Co. and the British East India Co.

Article on the Bengali Indian poet and activist, Tagore.

On March 15, 1946, British prime minister Clement Attlee made this statement, in which the British promised to introduce measures that would result in India's independence, including Bengal. Attlee voiced concerns that the various native factions struggling for control in India would tear the new nation apart.

Brief article on the microcredit Grameen Bank, founded by Bangladeshi economist Muhammad Yunus.

This article on microcredit refers to Bangladesh's Grameen Bank.

Dozens of eyewitness accounts of the 1971 Genocide in Bangladesh by the Pakistan Army, from citizens, journalists, officials and more.