Bangladesh Liberation War

The Bangladesh Liberation War was an armed conflict that began on March 25, 1971, when the Pakistani military junta launched Operation Searchlight against East Pakistanis, resulting in the genocide of an estimated 300,000 people. In response, the Mukti Bahini, a guerrilla resistance movement, launched a mass guerrilla war against the Pakistani military, liberating numerous towns and cities. India joined the war on December 3, 1971, and the subsequent Indo-Pakistani War resulted in the surrender of Pakistan on December 16, 1971. The war saw widespread human rights abuses, including mass murder, deportation, and genocidal rape, and resulted in the displacement of an estimated 30-40 million people. The war led to the independence of Bangladesh, which became the world's seventh-most populous country, and had significant geopolitical implications, including a major escalation of Cold War tensions.learn more on wikipedia