Good neighbours (The Hindu, GS-1, GS-2)

31 Mar Good neighbours (The Hindu, GS-1, GS-2)

Posted at 31 Mar 2021 in Current Affairs, GS Paper I, GS Paper II by Swarn Singh 0 Comments

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Context:- Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Bangladesh to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the war of liberation.

War in 1971:
- Why:
  - Bangabandhu won the election in 1971 but he was not allowed to form government, subsequently people protested and people.
  - Army of Pakistan brutally thrashed its own people on this pretext people came to india and a mass immigration, which pushed India into the war.
- India and Bangladesh relation
  - Both are the members of
    - BBIN
    - BIMSTEC
    - SAARC
    - Indian naval symposium
  - Why Bangladesh is important for India
    - To counter China
    - To contain extremism in northeast
    - To bypass the chicken’s Neck
    - To contain inflation in northeast.