Smruti S. Pattanaik replies: List of Books on the History of Bangladesh:

• Ronouq Jahan, Bangladesh: Problem of integration
• Sufia Uddin, Constructing Bangladesh
• Talukdar Moniruzzaman, Group interest and Political change
• Bernard Hours, Islam amd development in Bangladesh
• Lawrence Ziring, “Bangladesh: From Mujib to Zia”, (Dhaka: UPL, 1992
• Anthony Mascarenhas, “Bangladesh: A Legacy of Blood”, (Dunton Green: Hodder and Stoughton, 1986
• M.G.Kabir and Shaukat Hassan, “Issues and Challenges facing Bangladesh foreign policy, 1989, Bangladesh society of International Studies, Dhaka
• Emajuddin Ahmed, Military Rule and the Myth of Democracy”, (Gatidhara, Dhaka, 2000
• Moudud Ahmed, “Bangladesh: The Era of sheikh Mujibur Rehman
• Ali Riaz, “God Willing: The Politics and Ideology of Islam in Bangladesh”, Comparative Studies of South Asia and Middle East, vol. 23, no 1 & 2, 2003. he also has three books on similar issues.
• Rafiuddin Ahmed ed. Religion, Nationalism and Politics in Bangladesh” (New Delhi: South Asian Publishers, 1990
• Hiranmay Karlekar, “Bangladesh: Next Afghanistan” (Delhi: Sage, 2006)
• J.N.Dixit, Liberation and Beyond (UPL: 1998)
• Raifuddin Ahmed, The Bengal Muslims 1871-1906: A Quest for Identity (Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1988)
• Anisuzzaman, Identity, Religion and Recent History: Four Lectures on Bangladesh Society (Calcutta: Naya Udyog and MAKAIAS, 1995)
• Hasan Zaheer, Separation of East Pakistan: Rise and Realization of Bengali Muslim Nationalism (Karachi: Oxford University Press, 2001
• Harun-or-Rahid ed., Inside Bengal Politics 1936-1947: Unpublished Correspondence of Partition Leaders (Dhaka: UPL, 2003
• Harun or Rashid, The Foreshadowing of Bangladesh: Bengal Muslim League and Muslim Politics 1906-1947 (Dhaka: UPL, 2003)
• Asim Roy, The Islamic syncretistic Tradition in Bengal (Dhaka: Academic Publishers, 1983
• M.R Tarafdar, Husain Shahi Bengal, 1494-1538 AD: A Socio-Political Study (Dacca: Asiatic Society of Pakistan, 1965)
• Rafiuddin Ahmed ed Understanding the Bengal Muslims: Interpretive Essays, (Dhaka: UPL, 2001)
• Rangalal Sen, Political Elites in Bangladesh (Dhaka, UPL, 1986
• Tanzeen Murshid, The Sacred and Secular: Bengali Muslim Discourses 1871-1977, (Dhaka: UPL, 1996
• Mahfuzul H. Chowdhury ed. Thirty Years of Bangladesh Politics: Essays in Memory of Dr Mahfuzul Haq (Dhaka: UPL, 2002

Smruti Pattanaik replies: Factors that contributed to the creation of Bangladesh are: economic disparity between East and West Pakistan, and disparity in the representation in the civil service and Army of Pakistan. Two other factors contributed to the disenchantment among East Pakistanis. First, the concept that the defence of the East (Pakistan) lies in the West (Pakistan) led to investment in infrastructure and communication network in West Pakistan. This was in spite of East Pakistan's larger contribution to the economy. In the 1965 Indo-Pak war East Pakistan was left defence-less and at the mercy of India. Second, the one unit formula introduced by President Ayub Khan made West Pakistan equal to East Pakistan though East Pakistan had 53 per cent of population in terms of political representation at the centre. Many prominent Bangladeshis feel the 1971 liberation war and creation of Bangladesh was the actual implementation of the 1942 Lahore resolution which spoke of 'independent states' for Muslims in the north and the East.