Andrew Pereira
Encyclopædia Britannica Editor
Andrew Pereira is an editor at Encyclopaedia Britannica, with a background as a foreign affairs reporter. He holds a degree in international relations from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
Primary Contributions (14)
1971 India-Pakistan War, conflict between India and Pakistan in the first half of December 1971 that led to the creation of Bangladesh. The war was rooted in the Bangladesh liberation movement, which opposed Pakistani rule in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) with the goal of creating an independent…
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