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Saturday, December 26, 2015

[mukto-mona] Bangladesh Genocide is one of the most gruesome genocides in the history .........!!!!!!



What are the worst genocides and mass murders in the history of humanity?

Tanmay Jain
Tanmay Jain
2.6k Views • Upvoted by Charles Faraone, History is written by the victors
Bangladesh Genocide is known as the one of the most gruesome genocides in the history. The crimes committed by Pakistani troops during the Bangladesh Liberation War and India-Pakistan War of 1971 were unfortunately remain unknown in the world even today.Some of the facts related to the genocide are as follows:
  1. The genocide began on 26th March,1971 with the commencement of  Operation Searchlight by West Pakistan in order to curb the rising agitation for the legitimate political and social demands of the Bengalis who form the majority of the united Pakistan till 1971.
  2. The genocide was deliberately brutal since the Pakistanis considered Bengalis as inferior race and used to discriminate against East Pakistan in economic and political terms.(Bangladesh Liberation War for knowing the reasons for Bangladeshi agitation for self-autonomy)
  3. The genocide is widely known for heinous crimes against women with estimates of 400,000 women being raped by Pakistani Troops as well as their collaborators.Rape was widely used as a form of political weapon to intimidate indigenous people to submit themselves to atrocities of West Pakistan's regime.
  4. The genocide committed by Pakistani Army was assisted by various groups likeJamaat-e-Islami,Shanti committees,Razakars,Al-Badr and Al-Shamswhich were generally dominated by Biharis Muslims and other Urdu-speaking people.
  5. The killings also included deliberate destruction of Bengali culture through the mass killing of intellectuals and other nationalists who regard Bengali culture as their own.(1971 killing of Bengali intellectuals)
  6. The move by Pakistan army also sought to get rid of Hindu Minorities in Bangladesh who used to be one of the biggest communities in Bangladesh.
  7. The killings were estimated around 3 millions which is a huge number considering the fact that the killings took place during the 9 months of Bangladesh Liberation War.
  8. The genocide led to the fleeing of 10 million refugees towards India which caused huge economic hardships for her and forced Indira Gandhi to seek international support for recognition of Bangladesh and the training of Mukti Bahini.
  9. The Bangladesh genocide ended only after the involvement of Indian troops in the war on 3rd December due to Pakistan's pre-emptive attack on Indian air-force bases and ended with the crushing defeat of Pakistan,surrender of 93,000 Pakistani soldiers and formation of Bangladesh within two weeks.
  10. Time magazine reported the genocide to a high US official as saying "It is the most incredible, calculated thing since the days of the Nazis in Poland. 
  11. The Guinness Book Of World Records have registered this genocide as the second largest genocide in the history.
  12. The unfortunate fact is that all Pakistani participants, whether political or military were never prosecuted under the provisions of International Law on the lines of Nuremberg/Tokyo Trials or UN tribunals like in the case of genocides in Rwanda,Yugoslavia,Sierra Leone and Cambodia.
  13. The biggest irony is that USA, who claims to be big supporter of Democracy and invaded various nations in the name of promoting rule of law,chose to remain apathetic to the plight of Bengali population caused by the West Pakistan in-spite of receiving various news about the genocide from their embassy in Dhaka(Archer Blood) for the sake of building bridges with Communist China to create rift between USSR and China and in the this meeting,Pakistan was playing the role of facilitator and so his role in the genocide was not only ignored by Nixon Administration but also encouraged China to intervene against India or create pressure for immediate ceasefire which would prolong the Indian victory and ensured that the genocide against Bengali people remained unabated.

The pictures of the genocide are as follows:

Many mass-graves were found after the end of Indo-Pak war of 1971.

The killing of Bengali intellectuals and political prisoners during Operation Searchlight.

One could mistake this heap of corpses found in the concentration camps in Poland but the actual picture is taken in Bangladesh during 1971.


Children were mercilessly killed in the name of preserving the sovereignty of Pakistan.





Sources for the genocide:
1971 Bangladesh genocide
Bangladesh Liberation War
Operation Searchlight
Remembering the East Pakistan Genocide
Genocide Since 1945: Never Again? - SPIEGEL ONLINE
South Asia news, business and economy from India and Pakistan
Bangladesh Genocide Archive
Bangladesh remembers Hindus killed in 1971 genocide ...
Bangladesh: Bringing a Forgotten Genocide to Justice - Time
Gary Bass's "The Blood Telegram" Reviewed


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