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INDIAN ARMED INTERVENTION IN EAST PAKISTAN AND CREATION OF BANGLADESH A CRITICAL ANALYSIS UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/grr.2020(V-III).37      10.31703/grr.2020(V-III).37      Published : Sep 2020

Indian Armed Intervention in East Pakistan and Creation of Bangladesh: A Critical Analysis under International Law

Abstract

    This paper aims at analyzing the nature of the Indian armed intervention in East Pakistan under International law. The unilateral armed intervention of the India led to the creation of Bangladesh without any resolution of the UN. Moreover,the controversial unilateral intervention of the India inside the territorial jurisdiction of the Pakistan was also not expressly supported by other significant number of states. There is a need to have a critical analysis of the Indian armed intervention in Eastern Pakistan under UN Charter and other relevant provisions of the International Law. The findings of this research paper will be based upon the critical review of existing literature on the insurgency in Eastern Pakistan, Indian intervention in Eastern Pakistan and the creation of Bangladesh. This study can be very useful and relevant in the future to analyze the role of India in the creation of Bangladesh under International Law.

    Armed Intervention, East Pakistan, Bangladesh, International Law and Territorial Integrity

    (1) Adnan Rahman
    Faculty Member, Department of Law, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Muzaffarabad, Pakistan
    (2) Tehmina Aslam
    Director, Sundar STEM School and College, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
    (3) Saqib Shahbaz
    Assistant Professor, Department of Law, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Mirpur University of Science and Technology (MUST), Mirpur, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan.
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APA

    APA : Rahman, A., Aslam, T., & Shahbaz, S. (2020). Indian Armed Intervention in East Pakistan and Creation of Bangladesh: A Critical Analysis under International Law. Global Regional Review, V(III), 344 - 353. https://doi.org/10.31703/grr.2020(V-III).37

CHICAGO

    CHICAGO : Rahman, Adnan, Tehmina Aslam, and Saqib Shahbaz. 2020. "Indian Armed Intervention in East Pakistan and Creation of Bangladesh: A Critical Analysis under International Law." Global Regional Review, V (III): 344 - 353 doi: 10.31703/grr.2020(V-III).37

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    HARVARD : RAHMAN, A., ASLAM, T. & SHAHBAZ, S. 2020. Indian Armed Intervention in East Pakistan and Creation of Bangladesh: A Critical Analysis under International Law. Global Regional Review, V, 344 - 353.

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    MHRA : Rahman, Adnan, Tehmina Aslam, and Saqib Shahbaz. 2020. "Indian Armed Intervention in East Pakistan and Creation of Bangladesh: A Critical Analysis under International Law." Global Regional Review, V: 344 - 353

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    OXFORD : Rahman, Adnan, Aslam, Tehmina, and Shahbaz, Saqib (2020), "Indian Armed Intervention in East Pakistan and Creation of Bangladesh: A Critical Analysis under International Law", Global Regional Review, V (III), 344 - 353

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    TURABIAN : Rahman, Adnan, Tehmina Aslam, and Saqib Shahbaz. "Indian Armed Intervention in East Pakistan and Creation of Bangladesh: A Critical Analysis under International Law." Global Regional Review V, no. III (2020): 344 - 353. https://doi.org/10.31703/grr.2020(V-III).37