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Short History of Bangladesh Bangladesh has a glorious history and rich heritage. Once it was known as ‘Sonar
Bangla’ or the Golden Bengal. The territory now constituting Bangladesh was under
the Muslim rule for over five and a half centuries from 1201 to 1757 AD. Subsequently, it came under the British rule following the defeat of the sovereign ruler, Nawab Sirajuddaula, at the battle of Palassey on 23 June, 1757. The British ruled over the Indian sub-continent including this territory for nearly 190 years from 1757 to 1947. During that period, Bangladesh was a part of the British Indian provinces of Bengal and Assam. With the termination of British rule in August 1947, the sub-continent was partitioned into India and Pakistan. Bangladesh formed a part of Pakistan and was called “ East Pakistan”. It remained so for about 24 years from August 14, 1947 to March 25, 1971. It appeared on the world map as an independent and sovereign state on 26 March, 1971 and subsequently liberated on December 16, 1971 following the victory of the war of Liberation.
| | Catagory | <> | | Birth rate | 29.36 births/1,000 population (2007 est.) | | Death rate | 8.13 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.)
| population growth rate Infant Mortality rate Total demad of Dreid milk produced in Bangladesh Dreid milk imported from overseas | 2.056% (2007 est.) 68.05 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
19% 81% | | HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: | 13,000 (2001 est.) | | HIV/AIDS - deaths | 650 (2001 est.) | | Unemployment rate | 2.5% (includes underemployment) (2006 est.) | | Public debt | 46.7% of GDP (2006 est.) | | GDP - real growth rate | 6.4% (2006 est.) | | GDP - per capita (PPP) | $2,300 (2006 est.) | | Oil - production | 6,813 bbl/day (2004) | | Oil - consumption | 85,000 bbl/day (2004 est.) | | Natural resources | natural gas, arable land, timber, coal | | Natural gas - production | 13.1 billion cu m (2004 est.) | | Natural gas - consumption | 13.1 billion cu m (2004 est.) | | Natural gas - proved reserves | 300.2 billion cu m (1 January 2005 est.) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Bangladesh total area: 144,000 sq km Land boundaries total: 4,246 km
Border countries: Burma 193 km, India 4,053 km
Government type: parliamentary democracy | Population in million | 138.5 (2006) | | Population in Bangladesh in 2011(projected) | 153.5 million | | Percent of population living on less than $1 a day | 30.3 (2003)
| | Percent of population living below the national poverty line | 40.0 (2005)
| | Household with electricity (%) | 44.23 | | |
send us more statistics to pobd@pobd.net Source: - Asian development Bank
- Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics
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