1971年孟加拉大屠殺

Key facts

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

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