What is Bengali nationalism?
[[File:Map of Bengal.svg|thumb|The ethno-linguistic region of Bengal.]] '''Bengali nationalism''' is the [[Nationalism|political expression]] of [[Ethnicity|ethno]]-[[Nationality|national]] consciousness of the [[Bengali people]]. These people live in the region of [[Bengal]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.bangla2000.com/bangladesh/language.shtm | title=Bangladesh - Language }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.betelco.com/bd/bangla/bangla.html |title=BANGLA - The Official Language of Bangladesh |publisher=Betelco.com |access-date=2011-12-22 |archive-date=2011-07-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707230420/http://www.betelco.com/bd/bangla/bangla.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> The territory is divided between [[Bangladesh]] and the [[India]]n state of [[West Bengal]]. ==Creation of Bangladesh== The [[Bengali Language Movement]] and its fallout had created a lot of cultural and political hostility between the two parts of [[Pakistan]]. Despite making up a [[majority]] of the Pakistani population, Bengalis were only a small part of Pakistan's military, police and civil services. Ethnic and socio-economic [[discrimination]] against Bengali people in East Pakistan made them angry. Because West Pakistanis were influenced by [[Persia|Perso]]-[[Arab]]ic culture, they saw Bengali culture as too closely associated with [[Hinduism|Hindu]] culture. One of the first groups demanding the independence of East Pakistan was the [[Swadhin Bangal Biplobi Parishad]] (Free Bengal Revolutionary Council). ==References== {{Reflist}} {{politics-stub}} [[Category:Nationalism]] [[Category:Politics of Bangladesh]] [[Category:West Bengal]]