1956 – Bangladesh Genocide Archive https://www.genocidebangladesh.org An online archive of chronology of events, documentations, audio, video, images, media reports and eyewitness accounts of the 1971 Genocide in Bangladesh in the hands of Pakistan army. Wed, 29 Feb 1956 19:34:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 95479874 New constitution adopted https://www.genocidebangladesh.org/pakistan-becomes-an-islamic-republic-constitution-adopted-bangla-becomes-a-state-language-along-with-urdu/ https://www.genocidebangladesh.org/pakistan-becomes-an-islamic-republic-constitution-adopted-bangla-becomes-a-state-language-along-with-urdu/#comments Wed, 29 Feb 1956 19:34:07 +0000 https://www.genocidebangladesh.org/?p=80 February, 1956

The first constitution of Pakistan is adopted. Pakistan becomes an Islamic Republic, with a President replacing the position of the Governor General. Bangla is adopted as a state language along with Urdu. Nonetheless, East Pakistanis are prevented from any share of power in the central government through sufficient provisions in the new constitution.

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