The Aftermath of the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971: Enduring Impact [Hardcover]

Introduction?Part I. The Liberation War, Refugees and Citizenship in India?Chapter 1. Illegal Migrants in Assam and West Bengal: The Socio-Politics of NRC and CAA;?Chapter 2. Immigrants, Evacuees or Citizens-1971 Migrants in Search of Identity?Part II. The Significance of 1971 in Bangladesh: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives?Chapter 3.?Biharis?in Bangladesh: Organized Elimination and Marginalization of a Community;?Chapter 4. Women in War Zones: Rapes at the time of Bangladesh Liberation War;?Chapter 5. Nation-Building Policies and Ethnic Conflict in Bangladesh;?Chapter 6. Neoliberal or quasi-colonial: A critique on higher education in contemporary Bangladesh?Part III. Nationality and Identity of the Stranded Communities (Bengalis and Bihari) in Pakistan?Chapter 7. What Does It Means?to Be a Bengali in Pakistan??Chapter 8. The Opposing Narratives on Repatriation, Resettlement, and Citizenship of Bihari Muslims in Pakistan after the 1971 War;?Chapter 9. The Dismemberment of East Pakistan and Media Narratives;?Index

This book analyses the human dimension and aftermath of the emergence of Bangladesh following the war of 1971.?It?will be of interest to a variety of academics studying the history, politics and sociology of South Asia.

Amit Ranjan is a Research Fellow at the Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore. His edited book Migration, Memories and the Unfinished Partition (2024) is published by Routledge.

Taj Hashmi is a retired Professor of History and Security Studies. He is the author of a number of books,