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The protesters are demanding an end to a quota system that reserves up to 30% of government jobs for relatives of veterans who fought in Bangladesh's war of independence in 1971 against Pakistan.
—Al Emrun Garjon, arkansasonline.com, 20 July 2024
At first glance, this accelerating lawlessness, including from Israel’s own government, may appear to reflect the extraordinary pressures of a country mired in the longest and most challenging war since the war of independence.
—Dahlia Scheindlin, Foreign Affairs, 27 Sep. 2024
The connection between Hasina and the 1971 war of independence was personal.
—Tithi Bhattacharya / Made By History, TIME, 4 Sep. 2024
The first was disquiet among students about a quota system that reserved 56 percent of civil service jobs for particular groups of people, including 30 percent of all civil service jobs for descendants of veterans of the 1971 war of independence against Pakistan.
—Ali Riaz, Foreign Affairs, 6 Aug. 2024
For many, the violence has evoked painful memories of Bangladesh’s 1971 war of independence against Pakistan during which Hindus were targeted.
—Krutika Pathi, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2024
What started as protests against the government’s quota system, which reserves 30% of civil service posts for relatives of veterans who fought in Bangladesh’s war of independence in 1971, became a nationwide movement to push Hasina out.
—Lex Harvey, CNN, 14 Aug. 2024
Students began protesting on July 1 at the prestigious Dhaka University demanding an end to the government’s quota system, which reserves 30% of civil service posts for relatives of veterans who fought in Bangladesh’s war of independence from Pakistan in 1971.
—Helen Regan, CNN, 6 Aug. 2024
What began last month as peaceful student demonstrations against civil service employment quotas for descendants of the nation’s 1971 war of independence spiraled into a campaign of protest and civil disobedience across the South Asian nation of over 170 million.
—Charlie Campbell, TIME, 5 Aug. 2024
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“War of independence.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/war%20of%20independence. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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