After the independence of Pakistan and the partition of Bengal in 1947, there have been more attempts to compile and publish an encyclopedia. The first was a project to produce a Bengali adaptation of "Columbia Viking Desk Encyclopedia" by Franklin Book Programs Inc., undertaken in 1959 and aborted ten years later. The unfinished papers were compiled into four unequal volumes as "Bangla Vishvakosh" (1972) with Khan Bahadur Abdul Hakim as the chief editor. After the independence of Bangladesh in 1971, three specialized encyclopedias were published - the multi-volume "Islami Bishwakosh" (Encyclopedia of Islam, 1986) by Islamic Foundation Bangladesh, 5-volume "Shishu-Biswakosh" ("Encyclopedia for Children", 1995) by Bangladesh Shishu Academy, and 4-volume "Vijnan Biswakosh" ("Encyclopedia of Science", 1998) by Bangla Academy.