[simula67]

> They separated from West Pakistan on the basis of their Bengali Identity

This is not true. People in the Indian state of West Bengal also speak Bengali and have a Bengali identity. The split of Bengal into West Bengal and Bangladesh was based on religion.

[lagolinguini]

I am talking about the split between West Pakistan and East Pakistan (Bangladesh). My point is that the Idea that Pakistan could be a united country based on a common religion failed based on the fact that the Bengalis found their Bengali identity more important than their religious identity.

[Proudmuslim]

That's not why it failed. It failed because we had an extremely stupid military dictator with racist tendencies that carried out brutal massacres there.