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w.r.t loyal regime, Indian influence on bd is very recent phenomena, we had little or no leverage in the affairs right after 71. As to India's conduct during 71, I doubt pakistan would have done it differently, we were enemies after all. I think most Indians will accept, it was not driven by humanitarian gesture, although it was part of the mix. If it was another Indian prime minister or pak was nuke armed, bangladesh would have looked like syria.no i don't think everything was okay before 1971. what i'm saying is it could have been even worse than it actually was, and it would still not justify the Indian takeover of East Pakistan and India installing a loyal regime and system oppressing the people of that land.
things like anti-Urdu movements and other aggressive political operations to dismember the very culture from the Muslim people were clinically conducted.
The marginalization of urdu speaking people in bd, is due to rise of bengali nationalism, you cant always blame India for that. Even within India, we got such tendencies in some states(marathi, tamil)