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This is a timeline of Bangladeshi history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Bangladesh and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of Bangladesh and the History of Bengal .
Some people internally migrated to Bangladesh from Pakistan before the 1971 split of the two countries. Afterwards, some of these "stranded Pakistanis", often known as "Biharis", ended up in refugee camps in Bangladesh, with only 200,000 of them (less than half) taken back by Pakistan after the 1973 Delhi Agreement.
Bangladeshi diaspora movements and settlements abroad have divergent histories and challenges, with the diaspora in the Gulf Cooperation Council states focused on ensuring continuous labor migration flows and reducing labor-related abuses, while in the US and UK, a major challenge is the growing intergenerational divides. [44]
The history of Bangladesh dates back over four millennia to the Chalcolithic period. The region's early history was characterized by a succession of Hindu and Buddhist kingdoms and empires that fought for control over the Bengal region .
Bangladeshis, the most widely used term to refer to the citizens of Bangladesh, comes from Bangladesh (meaning "Country of Bengal"), and can be traced to the early 20th century. Then, the term was used by Bengali patriotic songs like Namo Namo Namo Bangladesh Momo , by Kazi Nazrul Islam , and Aaji Bangladesher Hridoy , by Rabindranath Tagore .
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Although Bangladesh only came into existence in 1971, the land of East Bengal which is today Bangladesh has strong ties to the Middle East. Out of the 13 Million [ 1 ] Bangladeshis abroad approximately 8 million live within the Middle East, [ 2 ] with 2.5 million in Saudi Arabia and a 1 million of them in the United Arab Emirates .
For most rural families the importance of women's labor made full seclusion impossible, although the idea remained. In some areas, for example, women went unveiled within the confines of the para or village but donned the veil or the outer garment for trips farther from the community. In any case, contact with men outside the immediate family ...