The majority of Bengalis in Pakistan felt cut off from political decision-making while West Pakistan held political sway. Between 1947 and 1960, West Pakistan received 62% of the foreign aid, East Pakistan received 17%, and the remaining 21% was set aside for government spending. In North Western India and South East India, separate states with majorities of Muslims were suggested by the Lahore Resolution in March 1940. The Muslim League became the Muslim community's official representative party in the 1945–1946 elections. The concept of a sovereign independent state consisting of Bengal, Assam, Punjab, NWFP, Sindh, and Baluchistan was presented during a convention that Quaid-i-Azam held on April 19th, 1946. Debatable topics included the Hindu-Muslim riots and the notion of a United Bengal. The Congress Party persisted in dividing Bengal and Punjab, though. Bengal was divided as a result of the Bengal Legislative Assembly's inability to agree on the United Bengal proposal. Geographical, cultural, linguistic, religious, and economic divisions between West and East Pakistan finally led to Bangladesh's independence as its own country in 1971.
Fall of Dhaka
