Bangladesh’s Hidden Land Expansion
January 27, 2008 – 9:49 pmAccording to rediff:
“There are over 500 Bangladeshi jawans in the village and many others are reportedly approaching the border areas. However, there are only around 50 BSF jawans in the area around the intruded village. According to the villagers, the 20 BSF jawans at the outpost were drunk during the attack… “
The truth is Bangladeshis are slowly invading Indian northeast region. India has so many troops built up on the Pakistan side that they give little attention to the Bangladeshi side. I talked with one of my Indian friends, who visits India often, and he told me that the Indian federation government along with a lot of the elite don’t really care about the eastern side of India. The government holds on to the eastern lands for resources and military strategic positions; they hardly invest in it or consider the security of the people there.
Assam historically was supposed to be part of East Pakistan; but the Quad-I-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah failed to convince the British empire to hand that part of land to the Muslims. Fortunately for the Bangladeshis, they are moving in without much resistance. In the states of Assam and Meghalaya especially, the Bangladeshis are half of the vendors who supply basic needs to the locals such as eggs and chickens.
The Greater Bangladesh
The Indian authorities states that the Bangladeshi government are not advocating the massive migration toward Indian lands; however, they are not preventing the migration and they are welcoming the hidden annexation of the surrounding Indian lands to Bangladesh. Indian authorities say that there is a plan for a “birhat Bangladesh” or “greater Bangladesh” which will be composed of Bangladesh, West Bengal, Tripura, Assam, Meghlaya, and the four other northeast Indian states.
Assam is Being Lost to Bangladeshis
It’s sad for the Indians that they are loosing their lands to their neighbors. For the Bangladeshis, of course this is a great thing, however, if an official annexation is announced by higher authorities then a blood bath is on it’s way toward th Bangladeshis and the Assamese by Indian forces. Day by day Bangladeshis are infiltrating toward Assam and they even decided the state elections sometimes, and it will be a matter of time till they take public office in Assam. Indian observers state that if the Bangladeshi migration isn’t controlled then it’ll be a matter of time till India is divided again and Bangladesh expands her borders.
So, what do you think?
Tags: assam, bangladesh, birhat bangladesh, expansion, greater bangladesh, india
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10 Responses to “Bangladesh’s Hidden Land Expansion”
Good work indeed since I m a Pakistani I would like to see East and West Pakistan reunited.
By Muhammad Salman Khaliq on Jan 28, 2008
No need to jump to any conclusion about encroachment reading one side of the story which is old (2001). Because of poor border demarcations Bangladesh had such conflicts with India which was resolved. India also occupied Southern Talpatti which Bangladesh claimed to be theirs. In reality no nation will loose their land at any cost. If you say India is letting Bangladesh do it with its superior military power thats an ignorant statement.
The greater Bangladesh myth is politically motivated. There should not be such ideology in encroaching your neighbors land.
The migration is a different issue. Its natural to mankind that migration happens when over population hampers livelihood in one place or disaster strikes. And many of these migrations are economic like Bangladeshis are migrating to Europe or America for better livelihood.
Its tough to tackle this if the economical differences between neighbors are wider. Look at USA and Mexico for example. In some parts of borderline of USA it looks like parts of Mexico. But do USA claim its a hidden land expansion? Its all economic migration.
These are some things which are very hard to control without proper infrastructures like computerized id cards (as in developed countries) in effect.
The only way to tackle this is to help better Bangladesh’s economy so that those migrated will return to their homes for a better livelihood. I think India would work closely with Bangladesh on this issue without creating tensions between two nations.
By Rezwan on Jan 28, 2008
@Muhammad: I don’t think Eastern and Western Wings will ever unite again. The eastern wing is gone and the land is a seperate soverign state now, which is recognized by the entire Muslim world.
@Rezwan: You said “The greater Bangladesh myth is politically motivated.” I agree, but it’s slowly becoming a reality as Bengalis are migrating to the northeastern Indian states.
“The only way to tackle this is to help better Bangladesh’s economy so that those migrated will return to their homes for a better livelihood. I think India would work closely with Bangladesh on this issue without creating tensions between two nations.”
Bangladesh is improving significantly economically. However, with the creating of dams and the river linking project, it shows that Indian government does not care about Bangladesh.
By Sunny on Feb 1, 2008
THIS IS PURE INDIAN PROPAGANDA. West Bengali, Meghalaya, Assam and Tripura are poorer than Bangladesh, why the hell would they go there for? India is trying to expel the muslims. This should be easy as muslims there are very poor and many of them are former dalits. The problem is the Bangladeshi media is under RAWs clutch, thats why they dont highlight this.
By muktar on Mar 10, 2008
I don’t think that this is a bad idea at all. Assam should be the part of East Pakistan/Bangladesh but we were not been able to grab it because Pakistan was a new and poor state at that time and we had many problems similarly we were unable to save Hyderabad Deccan but its good to see that what we had not been able to do our Bangladeshi brothers are doing it.
I have heard that some times the Bangladeshis who are in India influences the votes there. This is great news to hear.
By Muhammad Salman Khaliq on Mar 11, 2008
@Muktar: No it’s not just propaganda. I’ve talked to people who went to the border and they said in most parts of the Indo-Bangla border there are no fenses, just pillars where one side has Bangladesh or East Pakistan written and the other side has India written on them. Bangladeshis also told me many Bangladeshis go back and forth between the countries for shopping and for other needs. My city Mymensingh/Nasirabad is actually next to Meghlaya, the Indian state, I plan to go see it for myself the next time I go back to Bangladesh to visit.
@Muhanmmad: You’re right about the Hyderabad Deccan, which was supposed to be South Pakistan the “third Pakistan” of the union. The Hindus took it over as they outnumberd the Muslim votes which kept the third Pakistan from being proclaimed.
By Sunny on Mar 12, 2008
Have a contrarian view, Bangla Desh will merge with India in due course of time. It will be an economic compulsion rather than political or religion. Aware Bangla Deshi citizens will demand development, which will never be possible for any Bangla Deshi government for the scare resources available. Division of people on the basis of religion will soon cease to exist. Religion will be of a minor influencing factor in fifty years hence.
By Bonann on Mar 13, 2008
I don’t think that BD will merge with India if they had to do so they could have done it in 1947 or 1971 but they are not the part of India.
I wonder why people are very much concerned and say that this is discrimination among people to divide them in religion? Muslims of subcontinent wanted their separate homeland so that they can live their lives with peace so they got it.
An Islamic state doesn’t mean a violent or terrorist state there has never been a Muslim-non Muslim clash in Pakistan so this is concrete evidence.
By Muhammad Salman Khaliq on Mar 14, 2008
@Muhammad: Bonann said “It will be an economic compulsion rather than political or religion” so it’s not based on politics but on an economic foundation.
By Sunny on Mar 16, 2008