I have got the following from Wikipedia search, though heavily tilted towards Indian cause, thus a bit edited for the reason of facts as seen from Bangladesh:
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The border of India and Bangladesh was one of many disputes that arose as a result of the Partition of India. The Partition of India had left a poorly demarcated international border between the two neighbors. The ownership of several villages on both sides of the border are disputed and claimed by both countries.
According to the Bangladesh government, ever since the liberation of Bangladesh (erstwhile East Pakistan) with the help of Indian forces from 6th to 16th December 1971, Indian forces occupied many pockets of lands along their border. On April 18 2001, Indian troops reportedly intruded inside Bangladesh territory 'by mistake' which was repulsed by the troops of the Bangladeshi Rifles (BDR paramilitary troops to oversee borders). In the fighting that followed, 15 members of India's border forces, the Border Security Force (BSF) were killed, along with several of the attacking soldiers. However, India claims a far lower death toll.
Indian sources reported that this followed a weekend incident in which 20 Indian troops were taken hostage when Bangladesh seized a frontier outpost in the village of Pyrdiwah. Bangladesh also claimed the village as within its territory.
The combat remained limited to the border troops of the respective nations, though mortars were used in addition to automatic weapons fire. Several villages were destroyed or heavily damaged in the fighting. The quick intervention of Indian and Bangladesh governments intervened and defused the tension. Further the Indian and Bangladeshi government started the border talks in March 2002 to solve the border problem.
Bangladesh insists that Indian forces launched an early morning attack on their posts in the frontier district of Kurigram - which lies on the border with Indian state of Assam, on the morning of Wednesday 18 April 2001.
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There are numbers of irritants that India has been nurturing against Bangladesh since the big brothers could afford to do so. On the other hand, these 'minor-irritant' are life-and-death questions for Bangladesh, like sharing of Ganges water, sudden stoppage of food grains export to Bangladesh by India and continuous negative propaganda the Indian electronic and print media have started when in 1991 their chosen or favored party (Awami League - AL) lost, in one of the most unbiased and free from any influence, General Election of Bangladesh and Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) came to power. Indian support to the then opposition party (AL) so naked and glaring that the people of Bangladesh were equating power hungry ALrs as those of 5th columnists during the WW-II era.
To add insult to the injury, India launched a false campaign that Bangladesh is harboring Indian Terrorists in her soil and there are more than hundredths of such camps inside Bangladesh. What a joke when India itself nurtured terrorists-insurgent 'Shanti Bahini' (SB) in her soil those SB leaders were thrust upon the then government of AL who had to sign 'peace treaty' to please Indian masters. The hypocrisy is that the clauses of that peace-treaty could not at all be accepted (not to talk about implemented) by India for reaching any agreement with various insurgents of her own like Kashmiris and 7-sister provinces in the north-eastern part of India who are fighting Indian troops for many years now and asking for either autonomy or independence from India.
So, if you really want to know why Bangladesh dread India then please come visit us and talk to the general people what they perceive of India, particularly its politicians approach towards Bangladesh.
2007-11-30 18:53:23
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answered by Hafiz 7
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Luke 8.10, 17
What do you think?
2007-11-30 03:56:29
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answered by Anonymous
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