Round 2: Tossup 18

The 1930 pamphlet “Now or Never” derived this country’s name by combining letters from five provinces. A leader who championed muhajir (10[1])immigrants to this country proclaimed “We will eat grass” as the cost of its nuclear program. After returning from exile in 2007, this country’s first female prime minister was assassinated. (10[2]-5[1])In the 1970s, this country initiated Operation Searchlight in a failed attempt to suppress rebellion in an eastern region. This country’s independence was promoted by a Muslim League including Muhammad Iqbal and Muhammad Ali Jinnah. For 10 points, (10[1])the 1947 partition of the British Raj created India and what Muslim-majority country? ■END■

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