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Examine the sequence of events related to the formation of governments in Bangladesh from 1971 to 1990.

Or

Evaluate the American hegemony as a hard power.

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Sequence of events related to the formation of government of Bangladesh are:

People protest against the unfair treatment meted out to the Bengali culture and the language. They demanded fair representation in administration. Sheikh Mujib-ur-Rahman led the popular struggle against West Pakistan domination. In 1970 election, the Awami League led by Mujib-ur-Rahman won all the seats and secured a majority. But the government dominated by the West Pakistani leadership, General Yahya Khan refused to convene the assembly and Mujib-Ur- Rahman was arrested. War between India and Pakistan broke out in 1971 which was ended in the surrender of Pakistani forces in east Pakistan and formation of Bangladesh as an independent country.

Formation of various government between 1971 to 1990:

1971 - Sheikh Mujib-Ur-Rahman elected head of first government. However, in 1975 Mujibur-Rahman amended the constitution to shift from Parliamentary system to Presidential form of government.

Sheikh mujib was assassinated in a military uprising in August 1975.

The new Military Ruler, Ziaur-Rahman ruled from April 1977 to May 1981 who again was assassinated.

Lt Gen H. M. Ershad, another military ruler became president from December 1983 to December 1990.

Between these periods, few leaders ruled but not for long duration.

Or

Three factors responsible for the US hegemony in the world politics are:

(i) The US power lies in the overwhelming superiority of its military power. American military dominance today is both absolute and relative. In absolute terms, the US today has military capabilities that can reach any point on the planet accurately, lethally and in real time, thereby crippling the adversary while its own forces are sheltered to the maximum extent possible from the dangers of war.

(ii) No other power today can remotely match them. The US today spends more on its military capability than the next 12 powers combined. Furthermore, a large chunk of the Pentagon?s budgets goes into military research or development and technology. Thus the military dominance of the US is not just based on higher military spending, but on a qualitative gap, a technology chasm that no other power can at present conceivably span.

(iii) The US invasion of Iraq shows that the American capacity to conquer is formidable. Similarly the US capability to deter and to punish is self-evident. More than forty countries joined in the US led ?Coalition of the Willing? after the UN refused to give its mandate to the invasion.

Thus, no country can deny the US superiority in the world politics.