Bangladesh, is a country in South is bordered by India on three sides a Myanmar to the southeast; the Bay o forms the southern coastline. Togeth the Indian state of West Bengal , it co the ethno-linguistic region of Bengal . Bangladesh means "Country of Benga written in Bengali and pronounced . The ex of the word Bangla or Bengal is unkn The borders of Bangladesh were set b Partition of India in 1947 , when it be eastern wing of Pakistan (East Pakista separated from the western wing by (1,000 miles). Despite their common the ethnic and linguistic gulf between wings was compounded by an apathe government based in West Pakistan. resulted in the independence of Bang 1971 after a bloody war, supported The years following independence ha marked by political turmoil, with thir different heads of government, and a four military coups. The population of Bangladesh ranks s the world, but its area of approximat 144,000 km 2 is ranked ninety-third. It third largest Muslim-majority nation, slightly smaller Muslim population th Muslim minority in India. It is also o most densely populated countries in Geographically dominated by the fert Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta , the coun annual monsoon floods, and cyclones frequent. Bangladesh is one of the fo members of South Asian Association f Regional Cooperation (SAARC), BIMST member of the OIC
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