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The Bhola cyclone and its aftermath opened up space for a critique of the West Pakistan government and brought into stark relief the issues of disparity and negligence that would lead to war and independence the following year.
Sultan Mehmood and Mushfiq Mobarak
The Bhola cyclone is primarily described as a natural disaster. That is not wrong, but the description is incomplete. It was also a political event. It helped turn anger into a project, and a project into a nation.
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