Submitted By:
Name: Mohammad Moinul Hassan
ID: 123 0137 6 30
Course: Introduction to Political Science (Pol 101)
Semester: Fall 2014
Section: 6
Submission Date: 30/09/2014
Assignment no.: 1
Bangladesh as a Mono-National Identity
In my opinion Bangladesh is a mono-national country. A multi-national country has a big amount of people from different country, culture, language etc. But in Bangladesh there is the majority portion of peoples are Bengali. Their mother language is Bengali, they have the same culture. There are some tribal nations (Khasheas, Marmas, Chakmas, Santals etc.) over 1 million but that’s very little amount where the total Bangladesh population is over 160 million. These minority groups aren’t dominating at all compare to the total population of Bangladesh.
“Bangladesh's tribal population consists of about 1 million people, just under 1 percent of the total population. They live primarily in the Chittagong Hills and in the regions of Mymensingh, Sylhet, and Rajshahi.”
Another important thing is Religion. There is mainly 4 religions people in Bangladesh. They are Muslims (90.4%), Hindus (8.2%), Buddhist (Below 1%) and Christian (Below 1%). So the majority people follows Islam. For that reason we can also say it’s a mono-national state.
Many times the Bengali identity used both negatively and positively in politics. In 1947 Indian Subcontinent divided into two country INDIA and PAKISTAN. They divided two country by majority of religion. East Pakistan (Present Bangladesh) language was Bengali, West Pakistan language was Urdu. The political people of East Pakistan used this Bengali identity to raise people against West Pakistan. Because on 21 March 1948 West Pakistan’s Governor General Muhammad Ali Jinnah said at a public meeting,
“State language
