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| 1970 |
| | | In the Pakistan election, Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto wins a clear majority in West Pakistan | |
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| 1970 |
| | | The outgoing Pakistan government, led by Yahya Khan, rejects the election result and sends troops to East Pakistan | |
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| 1971 |
| | | Indian sitar-player Ravi Shankar composes the first of his two concertos for sitar and orchestra | |
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| 1971 |
| | | Awami League leader Mujibur Rahman declares unilaterally that Bangladesh (East Pakistan) is an independent state | |
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| 1971 |
| | | The arrest of Mujibur Rahman, together with brutal attempts at repression, turn resistance in East Pakistan into full-scale civil war | |
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| 1971 |
| | | India intervenes in the Pakistan civil war on the side of East Pakistan, the future Bangladesh | |
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| 1971 |
| | | Pakistan surrenders to India within a month of Indian intervention in the war to suppress East Pakistan | |
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| 1971 |
| | | With the end of the war between Pakistan and India, East Pakistan becomes independent as Bangladesh | |
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| 1971 |
| | | Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto takes over as president of Pakistan, now consisting only of its western half | |
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| 1972 |
| | | Sheikh Mujibur Rahman returns from prison in West Pakistan to become prime minister of the newly independent state of Bangladesh | |
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