Bangladesh is a South-Asian country bounded
by India from north, east and west and by the
Bay of Bengal and Myanmar from the south and
southeast. Bangladesh emerged as an independent
country in 1971 following a 9 month long war of
liberation against Pakistan rule. This area was under
Muslim rule for five and a half centuries and passed
into British rule in 1757. During the British rule it was
a part of the British Indian Province of Bengal and
Assam. In August 1947 it gained independence from
the British rule along with the rest of India and formed
a part of Pakistan, which was known as East Pakistan.