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State, nation, identity: The quest for legitimacy in BangladeshFootnote∗

Tazeen M. Murshid University of North London
Pages 1-34 | Published online: 08 May 2007

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  • Earlier versions of this paper were presented at The Thirteenth European Conference of Modern South Asian Studies in Toulouse in Sept. 1994 and in a seminar at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, London in Oct. 1995. I would like to thank the participants for their lively contributions which I found very useful.

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