1971 Bangladesh facts
While investigating facts about 1971 Bangladesh, I found out little known, but curios details like:
In 1971, on the day before Bangladesh officially won its Liberation War, Pakistani soldiers kidnapped the brightest Bengali intellectuals--writers, philosophers, historians, mathematicians, physicists, poets--and slaughtered them in the middle of the night.
Anthony Mascarenhas, a Pakistani journalist who dared to write the truth about the atrocities committed by Pakistan in Bangladesh in 1971. He flew to UK to ‘visit a sick sister’ and agreed to get it run in the Sunday Times. The story ran the day after he snuck his family out of Pakistan.
In my opinion, it is useful to put together a list of the most interesting details from trusted sources that I've come across. Here are 17 of the best facts about 1971 Bangladesh I managed to collect.
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George Harrison organized the first humanitarian aid concert that raised an estimated 12 million dollars for Bangladesh between 1971 and 1985 thanks to album sales and subsequent film screenings of the event.
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25th March is observed as the 'Bengali Genocide Remembrance Day' in Bangladesh (more than 300,000 Bengalis were killed in 1971 by Pakistan Army)
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During the 1971 Bangladesh war for independence, members of the Pakistani military raped between 400,000 Bangladeshi women and girls in a systematic campaign of genocidal rape. The Bengalis were declared as "Hindus" and that their women could be taken as the "booty of war" by the Pakistani Army.
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In 1971, America and Britain sent their Naval Fleets in order to protect the perpetrators of the Bangladesh Genocide, the largest genocide since the Holocaust in Nazi Germany.
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Bangladesh government always has claimed 3 million people were killed during liberation war in 1971. Children read the same number in their textbooks.But independent researchers find that between 300,000 to 500,000 died
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Bangladesh was part of Pakistan (and was called East Pakistan) until 1971.
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Nixon implicitly threatened India by ordering a nuclear aircraft carrier, the U.S.S. Enterprise, into the Bay of Bengal during the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation war.
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Exiled Tibetans were part of a secret commando force Division 22 of Indian Army which helped liberate Bangladesh from Pakistan in 1971
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India released 90,000+ Pakistani POW's after the 1971 Bangladesh liberation war.
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During the liberation war of Bangladesh in 1971, Pakistani soldiers killed 3 million Bangladeshi in one of the worst genocide in the history. The USA took Pakistans side which they regretted later
What is true about 1971 bangladesh?
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Bangladesh and Pakistan were one country until 1971 when a bloody 13 day War, in which India played a major role, resulted in their separation.
About the Bangladesh genocide of 1971, where over 3 million people were deceased in 8 stages. The US officially supported Pakistan in this genocide. Further leading to India & Pakistan fighting a war & India liberating Bangladesh. - source
Bangladesh was part of Pakistan until 1971.. even with that huge gap of India in between
In 1971, Pakistan brutally tried to suppress Bangladesh from gaining independence. It resulted in 10 million refugees fleeing to India. India realized it'd be cheaper to just start a war with Pakistan and free Bangladesh. - source
