Bangladesh removes Pakistan’s name from border pillars. Dhaka Forty-eight years after its Liberation War Bangladesh has removed Pakistan’s name from all the border pillars that were installed after the Partition in 1947.
The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) completed the task with its own fund on the instructions of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
The removal of Pakistan’s name comes 48 years after the creation of Bangladesh following the 1971 India-Pakistan war.
BGB removes #Pakistan name from border pillars
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After long 48 years of the country’s independence, members of Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) have removed Pakistan’s name from all the border pillars erected after the partition of the Indian subcontinent. pic.twitter.com/N34Z61Vgy8— Emerging Bangladesh (@EmergingBD) September 12, 2019
After long 48 years of the country’s independence, members of Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) have removed Pakistan’s name from all the border pillars erected after the partition of the Indian subcontinent.
Now all Bangladeshi border pillars have been renamed Bangladesh/BD instead of Pakistan/PAK, said a BGB media release. After the separation of India-Pakistan, more than 8,000 border pillars were installed with the words Ind/Pak-India-Pakistan.
The pillars were erected in the border areas of Satkhira, Jessore, Chuadanga, Kushtia, Rajshahi, Chapainawabganj, Naogaon, Mymensingh, Jamalpur, Sunamganj, Sylhet, Brahmanbaria, Comilla, and Chittagong.
