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by lagolinguini 1499 days ago
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.
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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.