In 1971, India did not ask Pakistan for permission to recognise Bangladesh. Nor did it accept Pakistan’s territorial integrity as an absolute legal barrier to recognising the political aspirations of the Bengali people. India recognised Bangladesh on December 6, 1971, because it understood that the legitimacy of a state could not be determined solely by […]
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