1972 ⟶ Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Returns to Bangladesh

January: Sheikh Mujibur Rahman returns to Bangladesh from im...
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🇮🇳 Independence of India and Pakistan, Partition, and First Indo-Pakistani War Begins

August 14 – 15: Partition of India. Independence of India and Pakistan and beginning of First Indo-Pakistani War.⟶
Independence of India and Pakistan, Partition, and First Indo-Pakistani War Begins (1947)
DecolonizationIndependencePartitionBritish EmpirePost-ColonialismReligious ConflictNationalism
IndiaIndiaPakistanPakistan

🇵🇰 Pakistan Declared a Republic

March 23: Pakistan becomes a republic.⟶
RepublicPost-ColonialismPolitical TransitionIndependenceGovernmentCold War
PakistanPakistan

🇸🇬 Singapore Achieves Independence

August 9: Singapore gains independence.⟶
Singapore Achieves Independence (1965)
IndependenceDecolonizationCold WarNation BuildingPost-ColonialismSelf-determination
SingaporeSingaporeMalaysiaMalaysia

🇧🇩 Bangladesh Liberation War and Genocide Initiate Third Indo-Pakistani War

March 26: Bangladesh Liberation War and Bangladesh genocide occur, independence of Bangladesh from Pakistan precipitates Third Indo-Pakistani War.⟶
Bangladesh Liberation War and Genocide Initiate Third Indo-Pakistani War (1971)
GenocideIndependenceDecolonizationCold WarCivil War
BangladeshBangladeshPakistanPakistanIndiaIndia

🇧🇩 Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Returns to Bangladesh

January: Sheikh Mujibur Rahman returns to Bangladesh from imprisonment in Pakistan.⟶
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Returns to Bangladesh (1972)
IndependencePost-ColonialismNation Building
BangladeshBangladeshPakistanPakistan

🇧🇳 Brunei Achieves Full Independence

January 1: Independence of Brunei.⟶
Brunei Achieves Full Independence (1983)
DecolonizationIndependenceBritish EmpireSultanatePost-ColonialismSovereignty
BruneiBruneiUnited KingdomUnited Kingdom