1971 Bangladeshi Genocide
21 March – 16 December 1971
WHO?
WHAT?
- 60k to 3 million Bangladeshis slaughtered
- 200k - 400k women became victims of a systematic campaign of genocidal rape
- 10 million Bangladeshis forced to flee to India
Refugees
Mass Graves (Chuknagar)
(Image of a mass grave in Chuknagar)
"Shamed Woman"
(Image: One of the Bangladeshi rape victims. Photograph: Nabil Uddin Ahmed)
("Mass Graves" cont'd)
(Source: Muntassir Mamun, The Archive of Liberation War, Bangabandhu and Bangladesh Research Institute)
WHEN?
Pakistan surrenders to Indian forces on December 16, 2015 (Bangladeshi Allies)
March 21- December 16, 1971
(8 months, 2 weeks, 3 days)
WHERE?
After Indian involvement: Parts of North India
WHY?
The Bangladeshi Genocide occurred in 1971 after years of tension between West & East Pakistan (Bangladesh) following the partition of India in 1947
Tensions were caused by cultural differences, lingual differences & Pakistan’s overall neglect and maltreatment of East Pakistan in times of need.
Bangladeshi nationalism grew through movements like the Bangladeshi Language Movement, & the education of the public on West Pakistan's crimes (by intellectuals).
As a result, West Pakistani government launched Operation Searchlight (beings war).
Language Movement
Operation Searchlight
"Freedom Fighters"
Genocide Flyer
Fatiha Choudhury
Ms. Tria
Human Rights - 1BDecember 21, 2015