- Native name
- একাত্তরের গণহত্যা , বাঙালি গণহত্যা
- Location
- East Pakistan (now Bangladesh )
- Date
- 25 March 1971 – 16 December 1971, (8 months, 2 weeks and 6 days)
- Target
- Bengalis
- Attack type
- Ethnic cleansing through mass killing and genocidal rape
- Deaths
- 300,000–3,000,000
- Victims
- 200,000–400,000 women raped 30,000,000 displaced
- Perpetrator
- Pakistan
- Assailants
- Pakistan Army Razakars Al-Badr Al-Shams Central Peace Committee Civil Armed Force Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan Mujahid Bahini
- Motive
- Anti-Hindu sentiment , anti-Bengali racism
- Accused
- Yahya Khan , Hamid Khan , Tikka Khan , A.A.K. Niazi , Khadim Hussain , Rao Farman Ali