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50 years ago today ... geographical magazine, January 1955.(Worldwatch)
In the first issue of Geographical for 1955, Basil Greenhill, a former member of the UK High Commission in Pakistan reported on progress in the country's east since the 1947 partition from India. When East Bengal became East Pakistan, it had a population of 32 million Muslims and nine million Hindus. At the time, the region was considered a backwater, with little industry and no power. However, Greenhill described ambitious plans to harness the Brahmaputra and Ganges rivers for irrigation and hydro-electric power and the development of ports at Chittagong and Chalna.
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