East Pakistan dissappeared into oblivion on the 16th of December 1971.
The Mukti Bahini and the Indian forces liberated Bangladesh -The Land of the Banglas.
West Pakistan and its Punjabi establishments had gone into overdrive to show that its erstwhile eastern wing was still a part of the Pakistan federation and so many stamps, first day covers and bank noted were issued in Bengali and Urdu.
Inspite of all these superficial efforts there was no warmth in the heart of the west Pakistanis for the eastern wingers.
Our west bengal was flooded with Refugees and Indira Gandhi decisively stepped in and when West Pakistan attacked us we respeonded tooth and Nail and helped the Mukti Bahini to liberate themselves to form the New state of Bangladesh.
This First day cover is therefore part of the philatelic history of a country which showed that religion alone cannot bind people.
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