Modern Era · South Asia · War
1971
Bangladesh Liberation War
March 26, 1971
After West Pakistan's military refused to accept an election won by East Pakistan's Awami League, the army launched a brutal crackdown on Bengali civilians and intellectuals. Up to three million Bengalis were killed, hundreds of thousands of women raped, ten million refugees driven into India. Indian intervention in December ended the war in two weeks and created Bangladesh.
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