Geography

Bangladesh, on the northern coast of the Bay of Bengal, is surrounded by India, with a small common border with Myanmar in the southeast. The country is low-lying riverine land traversed by the many branches and tributaries of the Ganges and Brahmaputra rivers. Tropical monsoons and frequent floods and cyclones inflict heavy damage in the delta region.

Short History Of Bangladesh

Bangladesh became one of the last major nation states following its secession in 1971 from the nation of Pakistan, which achieved its independence from the British Empire along with India in (1947). The region's history combines Indo-Aryan, Austro-Asiatic, Dravidian, Mughal, Arab, Persian, Turkic and British influences. Bangladesh today including its surrounding territories (present day Indian states of West Bengal, Orissa, Bihar, Meghalya, Assam and Tripura)territory historically was known as Bengal, was part of the Mughal Empire for more than five centuries and then the Bengal Presidency and finally the British Empire. A.K. Fazlul Haque, Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy, Abdul Hamid Khan Bhasani and finally Sheikh Mujibur Rahman struggled to lead the Bengali nation to independence in 1971. Since independence, successive following governments have led to define Bangladesh's democracy to this day