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East Pakistan

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Noun

1. bangla desh, bangladesh, east pakistan, people's republic of bangladesh

a Muslim republic in southern Asia bordered by India to the north and west and east and the Bay of Bengal to the south; formerly part of India and then part of Pakistan; it achieved independence in 1971

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East Pakistan

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noun
the former name (until 1971) of Bangladesh

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East Pakistan

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former province of Pakistan: since 1971, the country of Bangladesh

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East Pakistan

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A former region of southern Asia on the Bay of Bengal. Originally part of Bengal, it was held by the British from c. 1775 and then by Pakistan from 1947 to 1971, when it achieved independence as Bangladesh.

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