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The [[Bangladesh Liberation War]]{{efn|This war is known in Bangla as ''Muktizuddho'' or ''Shawdhinota Juddho''.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=bJfcCPUr0OoC&pg=PA289 ''Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh''], Page 289</ref>
This war is also called the Civil War in Pakistan<ref name="Social 2005 p93">{{cite book |last=Moss |first=Peter |title=Secondary Social Studies For Pakistan |year=2005 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Karachi |isbn=9780195977042 |page=93 |oclc=651126824}}</ref>
}} ({{lang-bn|মুক্তিযুদ্ধ}} ''Muktijuddho'') was a revolutionary [[war of independence|independence war]] in South Asia during 1971 which established the republic of [[Bangladesh]].<ref>[http://countrystudies.us/bangladesh/17.htm Library of Congress]</ref> The war pitted [[East Pakistan]] against [[West Pakistan]], and lasted over a duration of nine months. It witnessed [[1971 Bangladesh atrocities|large-scale atrocities]], the exodus of 10 million refugees and the indiscriminate killing of 3 million people.<ref>en, Samuel; Paul Robert Bartrop, Steven L. Jacobs. Dictionary of Genocide: A-L. Volume 1: Greenwood. p. 34. {{ISBN|978-0-313-32967-8}}.</ref>

The war broke out on 26 March 1971, when the [[Pakistani Army]] launched a military operation called [[Operation Searchlight]] against [[Bengali people|Bengali]] civilians, students, [[intelligentsia]] and armed personnel, who were demanding that the Pakistani military junta accept the results of the [[1970 Pakistani general election|1970 first democratic elections of Pakistan]], which were won by an eastern party, or to allow separation between East and West Pakistan. Bengali politicians and army officers announced the [[Bangladeshi declaration of independence|declaration of Bangladesh's independence]] in response to Operation Searchlight. Bengali military, paramilitary and civilians formed the [[Mukti Bahini]] ("Liberation Army"), which engaged in [[guerrilla warfare]] against Pakistani forces. The Pakistan Army, in collusion with religious extremist<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010%5C05%5C17%5Cstory_17-5-2010_pg3_4 |title=Leading News Resource of Pakistan |work=Daily Times |date=17 May 2010 |access-date=18 July 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/suppliments/2013/New%20Year%202013/pg6.htm |title=New Year 2013 |work=The Daily Star |access-date=18 July 2022}}</ref> militias (the [[Razakars (Pakistan)|Razakars]], [[Al-Badr (East Pakistan)|Al-Badr]] and [[Al-Shams (East Pakistan)|Al-Shams]]), engaged in the systematic [[genocide]] and atrocities of Bengali civilians, particularly nationalists, intellectuals, youth and religious minorities.<ref>[http://www.genocidebangladesh.org/?page_id=14 Bangladesh Genocide Archive | Collaborators and War Criminals]. Genocidebangladesh.org. Retrieved 12 July 2013.</ref><ref>New York Times, 30 July 1971</ref><ref>The Wall Street Journal, 27 July 1971.</ref><ref>Daily Sangram, 15 September 1971</ref><ref name="thedailystar">{{cite magazine |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/magazine/2012/09/01/interview.htm |title=Letters To The Editor | We are mere throwaways? |magazine=The Star |publisher=The Daily Star |access-date=5 October 2022}}</ref> Bangladesh [[Mujibnagar government|government-in-exile]] was set up in the city of [[Calcutta]] (now Kolkata) in the Indian state of West Bengal.

[[India]] entered the war on 3 December 1971, after Pakistan launched pre-emptive [[Operation Chengiz Khan|air strikes]] on northern India. Overwhelmed by [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971|two war fronts]], Pakistani defences soon collapsed. On 16 December, the [[Mitro Bahini|Allied Forces]] of Bangladesh and India defeated Pakistan in the east. The subsequent [[Instrument of Surrender (1971)|surrender]] resulted in the largest number of [[prisoners-of-war]] since [[World War II]].

== Foreign reaction ==

=== United Nations ===
Though the United Nations condemned the human rights violations during and following Operation Searchlight, it failed to defuse the situation politically before the start of the war.

Following Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's declaration of independence in March 1971, India undertook a worldwide campaign to drum up political, democratic and humanitarian support for the people of Bangladesh for their liberation struggle. Prime Minister Indira Gandhi toured a large number of countries in a bid to create awareness of the Pakistani atrocities against Bengalis. This effort was to prove vital later during the war, in framing the world's context of the war and to justify military action by India.<ref name="recog-story">{{cite web |url=http://www.bdsdf.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=3072 |title=The Recognition Story |publisher=Bangladesh Strategic and Development Forum |access-date=17 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725050939/http://www.bdsdf.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=3072 |archive-date=25 July 2022}}</ref> Also, following Pakistan's defeat, it ensured prompt recognition of the newly independent state of Bangladesh.

Following India's entry into the war, Pakistan, fearing certain defeat, made urgent appeals to the United Nations to intervene and force India to agree to a [[cease fire]]. The [[UN Security Council]] assembled on 4 December 1971 to discuss the hostilities in South Asia. After lengthy discussions on 7 December, the United States made a resolution for "immediate cease-fire and withdrawal of troops". While supported by the majority, the USSR vetoed the resolution twice and the United Kingdom and France abstained on the resolution.

On 12 December, with Pakistan facing imminent defeat, the United States requested that the Security Council be reconvened. Pakistan's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, was rushed to New York City to make the case for a resolution on the cease fire. The council continued deliberations for four days. By the time proposals were finalised, Pakistan's forces in the East had surrendered and the war had ended, making the measures merely academic. Bhutto, frustrated by the failure of the resolution and the inaction of the United Nations, ripped up his speech and left the council.

Most UN member nations were quick to recognise Bangladesh within months of its independence.<ref name="recog-story" />

===India===
[[India]] was one of the first countries to recognize Bangladesh as a separate and independent state and established diplomatic relations with the country immediately after its independence in December 1971.

===Bhutan===
[[Bhutan]] became the first<ref>{{cite news |title=Bhutan recognised Bangladesh first |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/uncategorized/2014/12/08/bhutan-recognised-bangladesh-first |work=Dhaka Tribune |date=8 December 2022}}</ref> country in the world to recognize the newly independent state on 6 December 1971. [[Muhammad Ullah]], the President of Bangladesh, visited Bhutan accompanied by his wife to attend the coronation of [[Jigme Singye Wangchuck]], the fourth King of Bhutan in June 1974.

===Myanmar===
[[Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma|Myanmar]] ([[Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma|Burma]]) was one of the first countries to recognize [[Bangladesh]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Constitution Issued: Rahman Resigns |agency=Associated Press |location=Altus, Oklahoma, USA |date=11 January 1972 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_nBDAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LK4MAAAAIBAJ&pg=2255,530825}}</ref><ref name="A">{{cite web |title=Bangladesh-Bhutan Relations |url=http://www.bangladeshembassy.bt/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14&Itemid=14 |publisher=Embassy of Bangladesh in Bhutan |access-date=25 September 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706162636/http://www.bangladeshembassy.bt/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14&Itemid=14 |archive-date=6 July 2022}}</ref><ref name="B">{{cite book |title=Indo-Bhutan relations and China interventions |author=Lal Babu Yadav |publisher=Anmol Publications Pvt. Ltd. |pages=198 |year=1996 |isbn=978-81-7488-218-9}}</ref><ref name="D">{{cite book |title=Encyclopaedia of Bangladesh |author=Narendra Kr. Singh |publisher=Anmol Publications Pvt. Ltd. |pages=151–56 |year=2003 |isbn=978-81-261-1390-3}}</ref>

=== USA and USSR ===
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[[File:Yahya and Nixon.jpg|thumb|The [[Nixon administration]] was widely criticised for its close ties with the military junta led by General [[Yahya Khan]]. American diplomats in East Pakistan expressed profound dissent in the [[Blood telegram]]]]
The United States supported Pakistan<ref>{{cite news |title=Nixon and Pakistan: An Unpopular Alliance |location=Miami, Florida, USA |agency=Reuters |date=17 December 1971 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=1LslAAAAIBAJ&sjid=R_MFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3565,2560587}}</ref> both politically and materially. US President [[Richard Nixon]] denied getting involved in the situation, saying that it was an internal matter of Pakistan, but when Pakistan's defeat seemed certain, Nixon sent the aircraft carrier [[USS Enterprise (CVN-65)|USS ''Enterprise'']] to the [[Bay of Bengal]],<ref>{{cite news |first=Paul |last=Scott |title=Naval 'Show of Force' By Nixon Meant as Blunt Warning to India |work=Bangor Daily News |date=21 December 1971 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HUU0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=IeEIAAAAIBAJ&pg=5099,2016461}}</ref> a move deemed by the Indians as a nuclear threat. ''Enterprise'' arrived on station on 11 December 1971. Declassified Indian Air Force documents reveal the Indians were planning a kamikaze like strike attack using B1 Canbbera Bombers, however, on 6 and 13 December, the [[Soviet Navy]] dispatched two groups of ships, armed with nuclear missiles, from [[Vladivostok]]; they trailed US [[Task Force 74]] in the Indian Ocean from 18 December until 7 January 1972.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=0RBOnS8KsgcC&pg=PA116#v=onepage&q=Soviet%20USa%20bangladesh%206%20december India's Borderland Disputes: China, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Nepal], Anna Orton</ref>
<ref name="google">{{cite book |title=Atrocitology: Humanity's 100 Deadliest Achievements |author=White, M. |date=2011 |publisher=Canongate Books |isbn=9780857861252 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q5w9qmd1UeMC |access-date=5 October 2022}}</ref><ref name="nytimes">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/29/books/review/the-blood-telegram-by-gary-j-bass.html |title=The New York Times |access-date=5 October 2022}}</ref>
Nixon and [[Henry Kissinger]] feared Soviet expansion into South and Southeast Asia. Pakistan was a close ally of the People's Republic of China, with whom Nixon had been negotiating a ''[[Sino-American relations#Rapprochement|rapprochement]]'' and which he intended to visit in February 1972. Nixon feared that an Indian invasion of [[West Pakistan]] would mean total Soviet domination of the region, and that it would seriously undermine the global position of the United States and the regional position of America's new tacit ally, China. To demonstrate to China the ''bona fides'' of the United States as an ally, and in direct violation of the US Congress-imposed sanctions on Pakistan, Nixon sent military supplies to Pakistan and routed them through Jordan and Iran,<ref name="Shalom">Shalom, Stephen R., [http://coat.ncf.ca/our_magazine/links/issue47/articles/a07.htm The Men Behind Yahya in the Indo-Pak War of 1971]</ref> while also encouraging China to increase its arms supplies to Pakistan. The Nixon administration also ignored reports it received of the genocidal activities of the Pakistani Army in East Pakistan, most notably the [[Archer Blood|Blood telegram]].

The Soviet Union supported Bangladesh and Indian armies, as well as the [[Mukti Bahini]] during the war, recognising that the independence of Bangladesh would weaken the position of its rivals – the United States and China. It gave assurances to India that if a confrontation with the United States or China developed, the USSR would take countermeasures. This was enshrined in the [[Indo-Soviet Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation|Indo-Soviet friendship treaty]] signed in August 1971. The Soviets also sent a nuclear submarine to ward off the threat posed by USS ''Enterprise'' in the Indian Ocean.

At the end of the war, the [[Warsaw Pact]] countries were among the first to recognise Bangladesh. The Soviet Union accorded recognition to Bangladesh on 25 January 1972.<ref>{{cite news |title=USSR, Czechoslovakia Recognize Bangladesh |agency=Associated Press |location=Sumter, South Carolina, USA |date=25 January 1972 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0dIoAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gQYGAAAAIBAJ&pg=2219,2272476}}</ref> The United States delayed recognition for some months, before according it on 8 April 1972.<ref name=":0">{{cite news |title=Nixon Hopes for Subcontinent Peace |agency=Associated Press |location=Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA |date=9 April 1972 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5TMsAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5ssEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3505,1398456}}</ref>

===Pakistan===

Pakistan, which Bangladesh had gained independence from in the 1971 war, didn't recognise the country until it was pressured by other Muslim-majority nations. Bangladesh's founder [[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]] was kept imprisoned by Pakistani authorities even after the end of war, before being released in January 1972. The recognition issue had been stuck over Pakistan wanting to avoid any of its nationals being tried for [[war crimes]]. Muslim-majority countries including [[Jordan]], [[Egypt]], [[Indonesia]] and [[Saudi Arabia]] however pressured it because they wanted to fix this discord that had emerged in the [[Islamic world]]. [[Foreign ministers]] of seven nations went to Bangladesh to convince it to drop its planned trials. Pakistan's Prime Minister [[Zulfikar Ali Bhutto]] on 22 February 1974, officially announced recognition of the country during a speech before a [[Lahore]] television studio filled to the capacity, and got emotional while speaking. He added that while he didn't like it, Bangladesh's independence was a reality. In return, Bangladesh agreed to attend the [[Organisation of Islamic Conference]] summit to be held that year in Lahore.<ref name="Newyorktimespakistan">{{cite news |title=Pakistan admits that Bangladesh exists as a nation |author=Bernard Weinraub |date=9 April 1972 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/02/23/archives/pakistan-admits-that-bangladesh-exists-as-nation-prime-minister.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=South Asia in World Politics |author=Craig Baxter |author-link = Craig Baxter|date=11 March 2005 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/South_Asia_in_World_Politics/8Uh7AAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=bhutto+recognize+dhaka+1974&pg=PA73&printsec=frontcover |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield Publishers}}</ref>

Bhutto landed in Bangladesh for a visit on 27 June 1974, the first visit by a Pakistani leader since the 1971 war. The two discussed division of assets between the two nations and Pakistan accepting more [[Stranded Pakistanis in Bangladesh|non-Bengalis]] from the country.<ref>{{cite book |title=South Asia in World Politics |author=Craig Baxter |date=11 March 2005 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Bangladesh/Szfqq7ruqWgC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=bhutto+dhaka+june+1974+visit&pg=PA255&printsec=frontcover |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield Publishers}}</ref> Relations between the two countries remained lukewarm however because of the dispute on assets and the issues of the [[Bihari Muslims]]. After the [[15 August 1975 Bangladesh coup d'état]], Pakistan immediately recognized the new government and relations improved. Ambassadorial relations were established in January 1976 with Bangladeshi ambassador Zahiruddin and Pakistani ambassador Mohammad Khurshid assuming their respective posts.<ref>{{cite book |title=Bangladesh: Past and Present |author=Salahuddin Ahmad |date=2004 |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Bangladesh/Szfqq7ruqWgC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=bhutto+dhaka+june+1974+visit&pg=PA210 |publisher=A.P.H. Publishing}}</ref>

=== China ===
As a long-standing ally of Pakistan, the People's Republic of China reacted with alarm to the evolving situation in East Pakistan and the prospect of India invading West Pakistan and Pakistani-administered [[Kashmir]]. Believing that just such an Indian attack was imminent, Nixon encouraged China to mobilise its armed forces along its border with India to discourage it. The Chinese did not, however, respond to this encouragement, because unlike the [[1962 Sino-Indian War]] when India was caught entirely unaware, this time the Indian Army was prepared and had deployed eight mountain divisions to the Sino-Indian border to guard against such an eventuality. China instead threw its weight behind demands for an immediate ceasefire.

When Bangladesh applied for membership to the United Nations in 1972, China vetoed their application<ref name="oxnard">{{cite news |title=China Recognizes Bangladesh |agency=Associated Press |location=Oxnard, California, USA |date=1 September 1975 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rnVKAAAAIBAJ&sjid=RSINAAAAIBAJ&pg=4237,20391}}</ref> because two United Nations resolutions regarding the repatriation of Pakistani prisoners of war and civilians had not yet been implemented.<ref>{{cite news |title=China Veto Downs Bangladesh UN Entry |agency=United Press International |date=26 August 1972 |location=Montreal, Quebec, Canada |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=GQsyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=w6EFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4712,6055847}}</ref> China was also among the last countries to recognise independent Bangladesh, refusing to do so until 31 August 1975.<ref name="recog-story" /><ref name="oxnard" />

==List of countries in order of their recognition of Bangladesh==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:50%; margin:auto;"
! !! Country<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cbgr1971.org/history/historical-milestones/77-recognition-of-bangladesh |title=Recognition of Bangladesh in 1971: Accountability to History |publisher=Center for Bangladesh Genocide Research |access-date=10 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170322203048/http://www.cbgr1971.org/history/historical-milestones/77-recognition-of-bangladesh |archive-date=22 March 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref> !! Date of [[diplomatic recognition|recognition]]
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|1||{{BHU}}||{{dts|format=dmy|1971|12|06}}<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Indian & Bhutan Recognize Bangladesh De Jure |url=http://www.cbgr1971.org/images/Recognition_of_BD/2_BD_Gov/Bhutan-India-Recognition-GOB-R200.jpg |magazine=Bangladesh |date=10 December 1971|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190929150412/http://www.cbgr1971.org/images/Recognition_of_BD/2_BD_Gov/Bhutan-India-Recognition-GOB-R200.jpg |archive-date=29 September 2019 }}</ref>
|-
|2|| {{IND}}
|{{dts|format=dmy|1971|12|06}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Bhutan, not India, first recognised Bangladesh |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/south-asia/bhutan-not-india-first-recognised-bangladesh/article6677033.ece |access-date=21 October 2021 |work=The Hindu |date=9 December 2022}}</ref>
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| 3 ||{{flag|Polish People's Republic|name=Poland}}||{{dts|format=dmy|1972|01|12}}
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| 4 ||{{flag|People's Republic of Bulgaria|name=Bulgaria}}||{{dts|format=dmy|1972|01|12}}
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| 5 ||{{flagdeco|Burma|1948}} [[Burmese Way to Socialism|Burma]]||{{dts|format=dmy|1972|01|13}}
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| 6 ||{{flag|Kingdom of Nepal|name=Nepal}}||{{dts|format=dmy|1972|01|16}}
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| 7 ||{{BAR}}||{{dts|format=dmy|1972|01|20}}
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| 8 ||{{YUG}}||{{dts|format=dmy|1972|01|22}}
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| 9 ||{{TON}}||{{dts|format=dmy|1972|01|25}}
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| 10 ||{{URS}}||{{dts|format=dmy|1972|01|24}}
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| 11 ||{{flag|Czechoslovak Socialist Republic|name=Czechoslovakia}}||{{dts|format=dmy|1972|01|26}}
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| 12 ||{{flag|Cyprus|1960}}||{{dts|format=dmy|1972|01|26}}
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| 13 ||{{flagcountry|Hungarian People's Republic}}||{{dts|format=dmy|1972|01|26}}
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| 14 ||{{flag|Ukrainian SSR}}||{{dts|format=dmy|1972|01|24}}<ref>[http://zakon.rada.gov.ua/cgi-bin/laws/anot.cgi?nreg=1543-12 The Law of Ukraine on Succession of Ukraine], [[Verkhovna Rada]] (5 October 1991).</ref><ref name="USSR">{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NAQtAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mdMFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3477,829499&hl=en |title=Walter Duranty Explains Changes In Soviet Constitution |work=Miami News |date=6 February 1944 |access-date=18 February 2022}}</ref>
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| 15 ||{{AUS}}||{{dts|format=dmy|1972|01|26}}
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| 16 ||{{FIJ}}||{{dts|format=dmy|1972|01|26}}
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| 17 ||{{NZL}}||{{dts|format=dmy|1972|01|26}}
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| 18 ||{{flag|Byelorussian SSR}}||{{dts|format=dmy|1972|01|24}}<ref>[[:s:Constitution of Belarus|Constitution of Belarus]], Art. 142.</ref><ref name="USSR" />
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| 19 ||{{SEN}}||{{dts|format=dmy|1972|02|01}}
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|20
|{{GBR}}
|4 February 1972
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| 21 ||{{FRG}}|| 4 February 1972
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| 22 ||{{FIN}}|| 4 February 1972
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| 23 ||{{DEN}}|| 4 February 1972
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| 24 ||{{SWE}}|| 4 February 1972
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| 25 ||{{NOR}}|| 4 February 1972
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| 26 ||{{ISL}}|| 4 February 1972
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| 27 ||{{ISR}}|| 4 February 1972
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| 28 ||{{flag|Japan|1870}}|| 10 February 1972
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| 29 ||{{LUX}}|| 11 February 1972
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| 30 ||{{NED}}|| 11 February 1972
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| 31 ||{{BEL}}|| 11 February 1972
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| 32 ||{{IRL}}|| 11 February 1972
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| 33 ||{{ITA}}|| 12 February 1972
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| 34 ||{{FRA}}|| 14 February 1972
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| 35 ||{{CAN}}|| 14 February 1972
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| 36 ||{{SGP}}|| 16 February 1972
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| 37 ||{{flagdeco|MUS}} [[Mauritius (1968–1992)|Mauritius]]|| 20 February 1972
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| 38 ||{{PHL}}|| 24 February 1972
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| 39 ||{{MYS}}|| 25 February 1972
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| 40 ||{{IDN}}|| 25 February 1972
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| 41 ||{{MWI}}|| 29 February 1972
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| 42 ||{{GMB}}|| 2 March 1972
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| 43 ||{{SRI}}|| 4 March 1972
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| 44 ||{{flagdeco|Taiwan}} [[Taiwan|Republic of China]]|| 14 April 1972
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| 45 ||{{USA}}|| 4 April 1972<ref name=":0" />
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| 46 ||{{flagdeco|Madagascar}} [[Malagasy Republic|Malagasy]]|| 14 April 1972
|-
| 47 ||{{IRQ}}|| 8 July 1972 <ref>{{cite book |last1=Ahmed |first1=Salahuddin |title=Bangladesh: Past and Present |year=2004 |publisher=APH Publishing |isbn=9788176484695 |pages=207 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Szfqq7ruqWgC&q=Bangladesh+Iraq+relations&pg=PA207 |access-date=23 April 2017 |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| 48 ||{{flagicon image|Flag of Upper Volta.svg}} [[Republic of Upper Volta|Upper Volta]]|| 19 September 1972
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| 49 ||{{PAK}}|| 22 February 1974<ref name="Newyorktimespakistan"/>
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| 50 ||{{flagdeco|China}} [[China|PR China]]|| 31 August 1975<ref name="oxnard" />
|}
The list of the countries that recognized Bangladesh are listed according to their order in The Congressional Record (9 February 1972) of Senate.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://cbgr1971.org/files/Recognition_of_BD_Files/List_of_Countries_FULL.pdf |title=Recognition of the new nation of BANGLADESH |date=9 February 1972 |website=cbgr1971 |access-date=19 July 2022}}</ref>

==Notes==
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==See also==
*[[Foreign Relations of Bangladesh]]
*[[History of Bangladesh]]

== References ==
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{{Bangladesh Liberation War}}

[[Category:Foreign relations of Bangladesh]]
[[Category:Diplomatic recognition]]
[[Category:Aftermath of the Bangladesh Liberation War]]

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