“I am happy with my Bangladesh.”

—  Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

Replying to a question on whether he contemplated the Indian state of West Bengal joining his country and creating a "Greater Bangladesh". He was speaking to reporters at a press conference in London in January, 1972 after his release from prision in Pakistan. http://www.thedailystar.net/magazine/2009/08/02/tribute.htm
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Bengali revolutionary, founder ("father") of Bangladesh 1920–1975

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