Why Bangladesh's Geography Might Be Too Good 

China and the India subcontinent are ridiculously rich in arable land and resources,no wonder they combined have over 3 billion people

I feel like this video didn’t really explain very well why Bangladesh’s geography is good or bad

Basically, poor management, typical colonialism disasters, and overpopulation have turned a great situation into a nightmare

The Bengal area was on of the richest areas pre British time, it was contributing 20 percent of the entire subcontinent till this date no state in the world has been able to put such contributions. California is close but not yet there even with Sillicon Valley. The Bengal part is full of water and has on of the most arable and fertile land in the world.

As an Indian I hope one day the old wounds would heal and India Pakistan and Bangladesh (and maybe Nepal and SriLanka too?) Would form a NAFTA like organisation like you guys in North America and business and Trade would boom. And Subcontinent would be prosperous. Lets not hate over Reiligion, lets look at shared interest and be pragmatic.

I highly appreciate that you pronounced "Bangladesh" correctly and atleast you tried to do so with the other names. Thanks!

Corruption is the #1 problem in Bangladesh. There is a saying: Rajuk fixes a broken road. Then Wasa(sewage) tears it up to fix plumbing then wait Rajuk to fix the road and then Wasa comes back to tear up the road again. There is obviously the coordination problem but also classic corruption. Contract for fixing up road and sewage is how many make money.

As a Bangladeshi I can say the video is actually very well put together.. without any BS. Thanks for doing that.

I like the way you use little parchment notes to indicate there's a source in the description. Clever editing.

Really really appreciate this channel's dedication to cite sources properly and provide notations WITHIN the video... Many channels provide sources but there isn't a way to connect them with content so this method is really good

I life far away of Bangladesh in europe, but I could imagen Bangladesch might be one of those countrys wich could be a hidden gem for tourists to visit nontheless

You could have done better research. The presentation seemed a bit sketchy. Some of the footages you have shown are actually taken in India not BD.

This video hits on several crucial points right at the sweet spot. 1. The delta and the resultant arable land. 2. The fact that Dhaka's management is vested on different agenices, making coordination the #1 challenge.

The fact that a somewhat small country has such a large population is proof enough of it being a very fertile place, but having most of a country be nothing but a huge delta must be a logistical nightmare when it comes to keeping its infrastructure running. Water isn't kind to, well nothing, when it comes to man made stuff.

Man more and more people are talking about my motherland. Feel very proud

well covered and neutral perspective. hope Bangladesh will grow to its largest potential

The Dhaka map is dead wrong. It shows the old Dhaka Division before it had been divided into Dhaka including the part south of the river Padma called Greater Faridpur which is going to become the nineth or the tenth division of our country which might get named Padma after the mighty river itself, and the Maymansingha (Mymansing) division on the north. In short, the southern zone marked as Dhaka south is not a part of the Dhaka Metropolitan area.

3:00 The division in 1905 you showed is partial. The then Bengal Province (or Presidency or whatever, I forgot) was larger, and had parts of today's Indian states of Bihar and Odisha. The division in 1905 added Assam to East Bengal.

As a Bangladeshi we are not really that squeezed in this country. Well you see there is pictures that a lot of people trying to get in the train, well that does not happen all the time. Its because all the exams are done and they are going to holiday but because too much population people some have struggling in the train.

Bangladesh is blessed with many things naturally. Our population is huge if you compare it with our land area. Still our land is providing us food without any big problems. Natural disasters are the only negative thing about our Geography. Unfortunately people of our country only think about their stomach otherwise our country could be a prosperous nation by this time.

hmm... i didn't thought u would actually do a video over Bangladesh although its great that u did ( i m from Bangladesh actually) but it was small could be more then this ig

That map (outline) at 7:25 is dead wrong if it's supposed to show the city of Dhaka That outline shows the border of the old Dhaka division (so current Dhaka and Mymensingh divisions combined)- and Dhaka city is only one part of the Dhaka district which itself is a part of the way larger Dhaka division

Fun Fact: The whole of Bangladesh 🇧🇩 is divided by a Long River.

I’m in Bangladesh right now leaving in 2 days beautiful country gonna miss it

Tbh the video basically touches on everything about Bangladesh except the thumbnail title. I really wondered how can our geography might be too good while we are literally submerging bit by bit due to global warming. Turns out the title was just a clickbait.

6:49 i think he forgot that tokyo metropolitan area is the largest in the world with a population of 38 million

Really loved the video.

I respect you for taking the time out to properly pronounce the countries name.

Bengal was the richest country during Bengal Sultanate, Mughol and Nawab era. When British came here it was the richest indeed when they are leaving Bengal, it become poorest. Such a tragic looting of Bengal.

Really good video. No false information. I was gonna hate on it if u “praised” us tbh. Love from Bangladesh 🇧🇩

error in 7:28 u showed dhaka division ; not dhaka city

Watching from Bangladesh. Thank you for making this video.

There's actually an interesting story regarding how Pakistan gained Bengal after the partition. Initially, the agreement was for not two but three countries to be established after 1947 with East Bengal being Independent. But after 1947, that did not happen Muhammad Ali Jinnah called the original agreement a typo and made East Pakistan a peripheral colony for the extraction of resources and wealth.

You know what ? Though Dhaka is the most polluted and populated city , I feel something magical whenever I go to the city . It is beautiful in it's own way .

Love 😘 from Bangladesh 🇧🇩🥰. Nice video. Where are you from????

Good points thank you.

I know it’s not the type of video you’d make, but I’d love to see a video about Berlin Byways in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.

Reading history books to know your history 🚫 Watching a random foreign RU-vidr explain your history ☑️

That comment about it being one of the largest cities in the solar system cracked me up. On that note, thank you for another interesting video about a country I know very very little about! God be with you out there everybody! ✝️ :)

can you make more content on this country? so little content like this on YT

Bangladesh❤Argentina

I think this video has more historical figures then geography

Got to admit the ending (and the whole video) was dope ass.

I like that you didn't just focus on the new rosy description of development in the country and its potential but rather what's there right now

Dhaka: "20 million on our city and we're one of the most polluted cities in the world". Manila: "Wait a minute! Hold my beer! I AM THE MOST POLLUTED AND MOST POPULATED CITY IN THE WORLD! Not you Dhaka." 10/10 I'd rather go to Dhaka than disgusting Manila. 🤣

Not to mention how it's only land borders are with India and Myanmar, sure there's some issues with Myanmar, but since Bangladesh and India have excellent relations, Bangladesh doesn't have to spend much on it's military.

As a Bangladeshi people we are proudfull

Nice.

I think you could make a whole video on Adivasis around the subcontinent, such an interesting topic.

Adhivasi is literally the bengali word for 'Tribal people', not a catch-all term for all ethnic groups in the Indian subcontinent. We call foreign tribal groups adhivasi too as it is the literal word in our language.

Thanks for the video. Love from Bangladesh ❤️💗❤️ .

Nice ❤️

Bangladesh probably: DJ Khaled: Suffering from success

Mates, too easy for tsunamis and cyclones to attack, destroy and kill thousands.

As a bangladeshi it really sucks to live in it tbh the country is to polluted & fallen down truly sad

3:05 You forgot one part, Bengal was partitioned in 1905 but united again in 1911 due to people's movement but in 1947 the country was divided in the name of religion due to re-introduction of religious hatred by British. Additionally, Bengal is not only today's West Bengal and today's Bangladesh, but in ancient times it was much more than that, including Arakan of Myanmar, Bihar, Odisha and the rest of northern states of India.

Comment about the thumbnail It's so good that it's endangered from rising sea levels, flooding & typhoons lmao

You showed map of "Dhaka Division " while mentioning "Dhaka city". Thus, in the video, the marking of Dhaka South and Dhaka North has become incorrect, as there is no north-south demarcation of the division but only of the city.

0:00 What’s this video about my country? 0:01 ok let’s start

If Bangladesh didn't have all the corruption and the corrupted political leaders then this country could've become countries like Singapore, Malaysia. The budget Bangladeshi govt puts in each project is waaay higher but it gets divided into corrrupted people's pockets.

Bangladesh has china and Russia in it's close proximity that allows it to be immune from the direct political intervention of western imperialist powers. Being at the heart of India also helps it's causes in terms of maintaining stability inside the country and keeping the Islamist radicals in Check. Neither, Russia, China nor India want problems in this region. As a result, Bangladesh is a safe country that will continue to grow economically. Also most of it's land area is fertile and it has many rivers that is a good source of variety of healthy fishes. There is no threat of food insecurity.

Correction 1:14 Before spilling out into the Bay of Bengal, not the Indian Ocean

1:15 Indian ocean?

As a Bangladeshi My Motherland may have many problems But it's the best and I love her dearly 🇧🇩 May my nation live for thousands of years

Kolkata city was the capital of British India. But before Kolkata there was existing Dhaka city and Murshidabad city at the time of Mughal Bengal empire. But the British has destroyed and looted everything from Dhaka city. Dhaka city was the capital of Mughal Bengal Province at the time of Mughal Empire. Kolkata city wasn’t existing at the era of Mughal Empire. It’s only the British who created the Kolkata city as their Capital of British India. Dhaka city was the most richest and the most expensive city in the world at that epoch of Mughal Empire. At that era it was the Golden Age of Bengal. The Bengal Province of Mughal Empire was responsible for 12% of the world’s GDP. At that time Bengal had the largest Economy in the world.

As a Bangladeshi I can say we have a large amount of talented people who are crippled by corruption and oppurtinities. I always wanted to be an electronics engineer, guess what am I studying? Architecture. Even though now I have dedicated myself towards architecture, I doubt if it can carry my expenses day to day. Also the love for money and materialism is eating people alive!

British has divided Bengal twice a time. One in 1905 and one in 1947. Not just West Bengal it was the part of Bengal or Bangladesh there are more like Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, Sikkim, Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura, Mizoram, Nagaland, Manipur, West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh and the Great Andaman and Nicobar’s Islands those all were the part of Bengal or Bangladesh but there are more but not at the same country of India but also in Myanmar’s States and Regions like Rakhine State, Chin State, Bago State, Magway State, Ayeyawady State, Yangon State. All of 6 states of Myanmar formed together the great Arakan state which was divided by British and Buddhists extremists from United Bengal or United Bangladesh. At the present the Indian States and the Burmese States was the part of United Bengal or United Bangladesh.

I'm from Bangladesh and was subscribed to you for about an year.. I'm so glad you made a video about it.. Thank you so much 👍

1:36 "The area has been known for its cotton, silk and Jew production."😂😂

PS: The rivers pour down into "Bay Of Bengal" not Indian Ocean

There have a lot of missing information

One of the poor but richer than India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Myanmar 🤣 3rd richest in the region with per capita 3060 dollar est 2023

"part of the country above sea level" m8 you have no idea how hard I laughed to that.

Success also involves extra sacrifice and sucess takes time to substantiate and settle down with many challenges.

Love from Bangladesh 🇧🇩❤️

Bangladesh has the highest level of economic development in all of south asia

dhaka seems pretty much as close to hell as you can get

Interesting

Jute is origin from Bangladesh and it is only found in Bangladesh and in the Indian State of West Bengal which was historically the part of Bangladesh. Because Bangladesh means the land of Bengal. Even the Bay of Bengal it is originated and the main owner is Bangladesh and West Bengal. The Bay of Bengal is the largest Bay in the world.

Nowdays people wont understand what Bengal was And What this Sub Continent used to have If there wasn’t colonialism this subcontinent would’ve been greater than ever

Except for the rich soil, I don't see how Bangladesh's geography is too good.

Hi. I am from Bangladesh. I saw you added some Indian clips in this video.

How can it be good geography in a region with low lands, floods, rising sea levels, and no natural resources on top of that crazy density population?

Well india took the whole of North east of bangladesh. It also stole west bengal and parts of bihar and orissa was also part of bangladesh

Still they produce more than 10-14kids in one family. With that much density.

Please make a video of South Africa

As a Paradox player I have to agree with you

Punjabi army be rubbing their hands now.. we miss you Bangladesh, from Islamabad.

Bangladesh is actually much better than India in terms of GDP per capita at 2800$ vs 2300$ 😄

8:00 Absolutely 100% true

19:05 The east Bengal got Assam too and west Bengal got Oddessa and Bihar if I'm not mistaken.

Partition of Bengal was more driven by Indian wish rather than British or Pakistan British PM in 1947 Clement Attlee had briefed the US ambassador in the United Kingdom on June 2, 1947, about the plan to partition India. “A division of Punjab is likely,” said Attlee, but he added there was a “distinct possibility Bengal might decide against partition and against joining either Hindustan or Pakistan” MA Jinnah, the leader of the Muslim League, was not averse to the idea of partition of Bengali since, as he said in his talks with Mountbatten, “What is the use of Bengal without Calcutta”. However, the Bengal Muslim League itself pulled in every direction and most other elites of Muslim league( Pakistan movement party) wanted. Few other individuals wanted a so called United Bengal country. There was even a proposal in April, 1947 to stop partition of Bengal and conduct the partition of Muslim-majority Kashmir kingdom which was opposed 2-1 by India future PM-Nehru and King of Kashmir- Hari Singh Partition of Bengal was largely driven by Indian wishes as it did not want a ethnolinguistic country in Indian subcontinent.

Before ppl start blaming the british for anything, a few facts: • Bengal was in decline when EIC took over •EIC was terrible, but direct British rule brough lots of good changes •Bangladesh today exists (partly) because the british divided it from West bengal. •Had it not been for that, we'd remain a servant of west bengal as it had been since mughal times.

Love from Bangladesh 🇧🇩❤️🇮🇳

0:19 anything but the metric system

Agriculture is a trap The Tropics are horrible बुद्ध buddha, as in put, nit boot

I am ( happy unhappy mixed feelings bc of the horrific crimes people commit in this country but this place is like my mother. ) To be a Bangladeshi. wow.

As a Bangladeshi living inside Dhaka making less than 60 dollar per month . Thinking about any other better place to live.

I am a Chakma from Bangladesh

POV : you’re a Bangladeshi in your room chilling watching this in Dhaka .