East Pakistan
noun
the former name (until 1971) of Bangladesh
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How to use East Pakistan in a sentence
After independence, when East Pakistan established itself as Bangladesh, the new state gave itself a secular constitution.
Bangladesh’s Radical Islamists Get U.S. Backing | Kapil Komireddi | January 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIf faith was indeed irrelevant in Pakistan, what exactly united West Pakistan with East Pakistan?
Why Pakistan's Mohammed Ali Jinnah Was No Nelson Mandela | Kapil Komireddi | April 7, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTBangladesh was East Pakistan at the time, geographically separated from West Pakistan by the vast expanse of India.
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