Chapter 4
Indo-Bangladesh Relationship
Emergence of Bangladesh has redrawn the final boundaries of south-Asia, ending the anomaly of the increasingly estranged cohabitation between the two wings of erstwhile Pakistan.97 Thus finally came a neighbour of India which not only shares the longest boundary (nearly 4096 km) with it but there also exists a shared history and common heritage, linguistic and cultural ties, passion for music, literature and the arts between the two countries. During the time of freedom struggle, freedom fighters from whole of erstwhile Bengal participated with full zeal and enthusiasm. This background forms the basis of the present multidimensional Indo-Bangladesh relationships.
Before discussing this relationship in more ...
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