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LeonMann t1_iyctwk0 wrote

Reply to comment by two_plus_two_is_zero in [OC] Bangladesh vs Suriname by two_plus_two_is_zero

Why does Bangladesh not at loggerheads with India like Pakistan is, those two are always at each other's throats.

What makes the eastern division less so,?

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RangeWilson t1_iycvqrk wrote

India has no interest in arguing over swampland.

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Torugu t1_iycwzwa wrote

Bangladesh used to be Pakistan.

Bangladesh did not want to be Pakistan.

India and Pakistan fought a war over Bangladesh.

India won and Bangladesh stopped being Pakistan.

Relations between India and Bangladesh have been good ever since.

Pakistan and India have been irreconcilable enemies ever since.

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today_i_burned t1_iycxkql wrote

Not quite an accurate history.

Bangladesh was part of Pakistan.

Bangladeshi candidates won an election, which did not sit well with the ruling elites in (West) Pakistan.

West Pakistan decided to genocide Bangladesh, especially (but not exclusively) Bengali Hindus

India stepped in to mitigate the migrant crisis and stop the genocide.

India won and Bangladesh was given independence.

India and Pakistan were already enemies before this.

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Crazy__Donkey t1_iyczrla wrote

>Bangladesh was part of Pakistan.

is there a brit in the crowd who can explain this?

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TrinityF t1_iyd0shr wrote

My Unles James and Kenneth were part of the partition committee.

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>oh dear heavens James, looks like we gave India too much land and Pakistan not enough.
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>Oh well, let’s just take this land at the other end of India and make that Pakistan as well.
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>Good Lord, Kenneth. that's can never work, how do you expect a nation to exist with another nation in between them?
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>Exactly James, Exactly... mwahahahahaha
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>Kenneth, you're a brilliant evil bastard, they will surely go to war over this.

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This may or may not be a transcript of one of those meetings.

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ManasZankhana t1_iydebex wrote

Only one person was in charge of the partition. He ended up refusing taking payment for the job because 2 million people ended up dying

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Kobosil t1_iyd2u8t wrote

religion

Pakistan and Bangladesh are both majority Muslims

India is majority Hindu

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