The present book covers authoritative information on the following themes: Election Commission: Pre-Poll and Poll arrangement; Election in Pakistan (1958); Emergence of Constitutional Crisis in East and West Pakistan ; General Elections of Pakistan (1970); General Elections in East Pakistan; Left Politics in East Bengal; Jatiya Sangsad Elections in Bangladesh (1963-1979); Impact of Bengali Language Movement (1948-1952); Regional Disparity: One State, Two Nations; Imperialist Presence in Bangladesh and the Fraud Called Nationalisation; Surya Sen- The Great Revolutionary Leader; Political Background of Liberation War; Origin of Separatist Movement and Provincial Elections; Student Politics and Mass Upheaval; Autonomy Movement and Awami League; Socio-cultural Factors of Liberation War; etc. Certainly this will prove useful work of reference to academics, writers, policy planners and general people alike.

War of Liberation in Bangladesh encompasses a thorough analysis of the following topics: Bogra; Division of Pakistan; Pattern of Refugees' Reaction of Pakistan; Release of Detained Collaborators; Mobilisation of Domestic Resources in the First Plan; Short life Sketch of Chittagong Martyrs; Trail of Guerrilla; Unarmed Battle; UN Convention of the Crime of Genocide; War Clouds; War of Independence and Birth of Bangladesh; War Refugees and Indian Economy; American Reaction on Pakistani Brutality in East Pakistan; India's Intervention and the British Attitude; India's reaction of the Crime of Genocide; International Relief and Refugees; Mass Support from Indians; Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and War of Liberation etc. This book will prove a dependable work of reference to students and researchers in the field of history, politics, defence etc. besides the policy planners and diplomats.

Army's offensive against non-Muslims in Chittagong Hills; Atrocities; Awami League Alliance- NAP (M)- CPB; Basic concepts of guerrilla war; Battle of Jalalabad Hill; Battle sector wise; Batuakhali; American reaction on Pakistani brutality in East Pakistan; genocide in Bangladesh; March of the 'patriots'; Nature and forms of struggle; Nature of freedom movement: nationalism, Islam and communism; Night of the 25th March: a decision and directive; Operational plan for war; Guerrilla operation of nationalist revolutionary; Guerrilla war and partisan warfare; Phases of revolution; Rakkhi Bahini and passage to dustbin; and Plight, peril and liberation etc. are the major themes, elaborately dealt in this book. The information gathered herein will prove of utmost use to scholars in the field.

Immediately after the liberation of Bangladesh; the nascent state was faced with serious internal as well as external problems which seemed to threaten its very survival. Internal, the reconstruction of the war damaged economy, the resettlement of nearly ten millions of its inhabitants who have taken nearly ten millions of its inhabitants who have taken shelter in India, and the maintenance of law and order were uphill tasks. Externally, Bangladesh posed a puzzling question of legitimacy and identity for contemporary state-system owing to unconventional nature of its birth. The present work consists of the following chapters- Bangladesh crisis and the UN; Bangladesh in the world system; British policy of Bangladesh crises; emergence of Bangladesh on the world scenario; Emergence of New Nation in a multi-polar world; the government of Bangladesh in exile; Legal aspects of Bangladesh sovereignty; a new nation-state; the political autonomy; Bangladesh in changing international context; Recognition of Bangladesh sovereignty; Economic reconstruction, after the rebellion; the chapter of the autonomy movement; Civil Liberty in Bangladesh; After the rebellion: political reconstruction; Foreign policy of Awami League Government; National integration and its problem ; Nationalism and emergence of middle class; Nature of state; Bangladesh and its neighbour countries etc.