East Pakistan

noun

1. the former name (until 1971) of Bangladesh

Example Sentences

After independence, when East Pakistan established itself as Bangladesh, the new state gave itself a secular constitution.

From The Daily Beast

If faith was indeed irrelevant in Pakistan, what exactly united West Pakistan with East Pakistan?

From The Daily Beast

Bangladesh was East Pakistan at the time, geographically separated from West Pakistan by the vast expanse of India.

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