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In 1970, a huge cyclone hit the coast of East Pakistan and the central government in West Pakistan responded weakly to the devastation. The Bengali populations have been angered more than the government’s lack of consideration for them in response to the cyclone and in other matters. In this war, East Pakistan, with the help of the Indian military, challenged West Pakistan and declared independence to come to be Bangladesh in 1972. The Muslim League was accountable for the formation of a united Pakistan, a predominantly Muslim state for South Asian Muslims. Pakistan was developed from the former Indian territories...