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yeah, but the other ethnic groups lose out when the focus is one ethnicity, one language, one culture. but luckily Bangladesh is ethnically liike 99% Bengali, so it doesnt make a big difference. whereas the concept of Pakistan was multi-ethnicity, multi-cultural, and multi-language with one common language to combine us all the same way we had one religion to combine us all. many of the founding fathers of Pakistan of Bengali ethnicity also believed that Urdu should be that link/national language, not Bengali, Punjabi, etc. many of the educated people of all the ethnicities in Pakistan (West and East) could speak Urdu very well.
no Pakistani denies the great contribution of the Bengali muslims in the creation of Pakistan and the movement that led to it. as i said, even today million of Bengalis (partially or fully) are Pakistanis. the Bengali people and language is very much valued and stored forever so that every Pakistani can see it. you want proof?
the video and pics below is Minar-e-Pakistan. the Lahore Resolution presented by AK Fazlul Haq is written in Urdu and Bengali and its on the monument itself. i am sure you know who AK Fazlul Haq is, the Sher-e-Bangla.
"At the base, there are floral inscriptions on ten converging white marble Commemorative plaques. The inscriptions include the text of Lahore Resolution in Urdu, Bengali and English, and Delhi Resolution's text, which was passed on 9 April 1946. On different plaques, Quranic verses and 99 names of Allah are inscribed in Arabic calligraphy, whereas National Anthem of Pakistan in Urdu and Bengali, excerpts from the speeches of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, in Urdu, Bengali and English, along with few couplets of Allama Iqbal include the other important inscriptions."
also at Minar-e-Pakistan if you look from the top, you can see there are 2 crescent moons. one is green and that represents West Pakistan, and one is red and that represents East Pakistan.
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there are also 2 eyes, one represents West Pakistan, and the 2nd represents East Pakistan. you can see it in the video.
completion of the monument ended at 1968. 1971 happened later, so if we wanted to delete the contribution of Bengali people and Bengali language then we wouldnt have all this present at Minar-e-Pakistan, a very important site in the history of Pakistan (East and West).
@Destranator as for what you said about the human lives lost and damage in 1971. its still happening today. i dont know if you understand Urdu, but there is tear-jerker of a video you can see to know what i mean. a Pakistani Bengali was interviewed (in 2020) in a Bengali fish market in Pakistan. his sister lives in Bangladesh. he hasnt met his sister since 1974, he hasnt even seen her face on whatsapp or anything since 1974, ever since he came to Pakistan and started working for the Government of Pakistan. i put a time stamp in the video. just look at his eyes and listen to his voice.
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Thought you might enjoy the above post, in case you are unaware.