What the records say
- When
- 26 Mar 1971 – 16 Dec 1971
- Kind
- Genocide
- Deaths
- 3,000,000
- Coordinates
- 23.80° N, 90.41° E
- Description
- genocide of Bengalis carried out by the Pakistani military during the Bangladesh Liberation War
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Bangladesh genocide
1971 genocide of Bengalis in East Pakistan
The Bangladesh genocide was the ethnic cleansing of Bengalis residing in East Pakistan during the Bangladesh Liberation War, perpetrated by the Pakistan Army and the Razakars militia. It began on 25 March 1971, as Operation Searchlight was launched by West Pakistan to militarily subdue the Bengali population of East Pakistan; the Bengalis comprised the demographic majority and had been calling for independence from t…
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- Wikidata: massacres and genocidesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Bangladesh Liberation War: The Pakistani army starts Operation Searchlight in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) at midnight after President Agha Muhammad Yahya…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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- Operation Searchlight25 May 1971 · Military operation
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- Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, political leader of East Pakistan (modern day-Bangladesh), delivers a public speech at the Racecourse Field in Dhaka calling for masses…7 Mar 1971 · Event
- Ramna massacre27 Mar 1971 · Massacre · Deaths 250
- Shankharipara massacre26 Mar 1971 · Massacre · Deaths 8,000
- Sutrapur massacre27 Apr 1971 · Massacre · Deaths 15
- Demra massacre13 May 1971 · Massacre · Deaths 800