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East Pakistan

British  

noun

  1. the former name (until 1971) of Bangladesh

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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In contrast, Aphaneramma fossils have been discovered in rocks of similar age in Svalbard in the Scandinavian Arctic, the Russian Far East, Pakistan, and Madagascar.

From Science Daily Feb. 25, 2026

Karachi has several Bengali neighbourhoods, mainly slums, which residents say have housed Bengalis since before East Pakistan became Bangladesh.

From Barron's Feb. 23, 2026

The fifth partition—in truth, a secession—was that of Pakistan itself in 1971, when East Pakistan became the new nation of Bangladesh after a bloody civil war.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 30, 2026

Bengal itself was divided between India and East Pakistan, which would later become Bangladesh.

From BBC Feb. 23, 2024

“Therefore he lives in East Pakistan, not India.”

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri

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