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Updated: Jan 11, 2022, 07:00 PM IST

Know how 'East Pakistan' was renamed as Bangladesh 50 years ago on this day

On January 10, 1972, Bangladesh’s founding president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman returned to the country. Sheikh Mujibur Rehman had spent nine months in Pak jail. The next day on January 11, 1972, "East Pakistan" was renamed Bangladesh.