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Synopsis Immediately after the liberation of Bangladesh; the nascent state was faced with serious internal as well as external problems which seemed to threaten its very survival. Internal, the reconstruction of the war damaged economy, the resettlement of nearly ten millions of its inhabitants who have taken nearly ten millions of its inhabitants who have taken shelter in India, and the maintenance of law and order were uphill tasks. Externally, Bangladesh posed a puzzling question of legitimacy and identity for contemporary state-system owing to unconventional nature of its birth. The present work consists of the following chapters- Bangladesh crisis and the UN; Bangladesh in the world system; British policy of Bangladesh crises; emergence of Bangladesh on the world scenario; Emergence of New Nation in a multi-polar world; the government of Bangladesh in exile; Legal aspects of Bangladesh sovereignty; a new nation-state; the political autonomy; Bangladesh in changing international context; Recognition of Bangladesh sovereignty; Economic reconstruction, after the rebellion; the chapter of the autonomy movement; Civil Liberty in Bangladesh; After the rebellion: political reconstruction; Foreign policy of Awami League Government; National integration and its problem ; Nationalism and emergence of middle class; Nature of state; Bangladesh and its neighbour countries etc.