In his provocative, detailed description of the events that led to the independence of Bangladesh in 1971, author Srinath Ragavan is intent in upending myths and conventional and perceived wisdom. Early in his narrative of the state India found itself in after the Pakistan army cracked down in East Pakistan in March 1971,
READ MOREby Arnold Zetlin 1 April 2020 When Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the prime minister of India, and Ayub Khan, the president of Pakistan, signed the Indus Water Treaty in 1960, the agreement was hailed as a diplomatic triumph. The neighboring, hostile states, between two wars, one in 1948, the other in 1965, agreed on the management
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