The East Pakistan Tragedy

168 Pages·1972·8.061 MB·English

by  Laurence Frederic Rushbrook Williams

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THE EAST PAKISTAN TRAGEDY
Few writers are more qualified to
discuss the complex situation that
ripped Pakistan apart than L.
Rushbrook Williams. Professor
Williams has spent most of his adult
life studying and teaching Indian and
Pakistan history, and has lived in
those two countries for long periods
of time. While Professor of Modern
Indian History at Allahabad University,
he built up a school of Mughal studies
among young, Indian scholars. He was
invited by the Indian government to
help prepare Indian constitutional re¬
forms. During his years in India, he
formed close friendships with such
leaders of the Indian nationalist
movement as Jawaharlal Nohru and
his father MotiIar, Tej Bahadur Sapru,
Madan Mohan Malviyd, Mohamed AM
Jinnah, and many other important
figures, in Indian political life.
Subsequently, he became director
of the government of India Department
of Public Relations.
Professor WiHiams has distinguished
himself as a journalist as well as
an historian and diplomat, and is the
Asian specialist on the editorial staff
of the Times. During the last 15 years
he has re-visited India and Paki stan
several times each year.
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The East Pakistan Tragedy

The
East Pakistan
Tragedy
LF RUSHBROOK WILLIAMS
DRAKE PUBLISHERS INC NEW YORK
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New York, N.Y. 10016
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ISBN 87749-246-8
Published in 1972 by
Drake Publishers Inc
381 Park Avenue South
New York, N.Y. 10016
(cT) L. Rushbrook Williams, 1972
Printed in the United States
Contents
Timetable of Events 6
FOREWORD 9
Chapter'1 East Pakistan: The Legacies of the Past 13
2 President Yahya Khan plans for
Democratic Government 28
3 The General Elections and after 40
4 Confrontation in Dacca 57
5 Pakistan, India andthe World 77
6 Afterthe Rebellion;
Political reconstruction 92
7 Afterthe Rebellion;
Economic reconstruction 106
Appendix 1 Sources for further Study of the Economic
Relations between East and West Pakistan 115
2 The‘Six’Points 117
3 Summary of the Legal Framework Order 119
4 Judicial Investigation of the Hijacked Plane 121
5 Awami League’s atrocities prior to March 25 1971 127
6 Awami League’s Draft Proclamation 132
7 Awami League’s atrocities after March 25 1971 133
8 Timetable of Events in Civil War 1971-72 141
East Pakistan 1971