With the partition of India in 1947, it became the Pakistani province of East Bengal (later renamed East Pakistan ), one of five provinces of Pakistan, separated from the other four by 1,100 miles (1,800 km) of Indian territory. In 1971 it became the independent country of Bangladesh, with its capital at Dhaka.
Key Facts. Flag. Bangladesh occupies an area of 148,460 sq. km in South Asia. As observed on the physical map of the country above, it is mostly a low-lying country. The geography can be divided into three regions. The highly fertile Ganga-Brahmaputra delta dominates the landscape of Bangladesh. The Barind and Madhupur plateaus …