Timeline

• December 1969, the elections held after political parties had been re-established in Pakistan emphasized a growing rift between east and west. In West Pakistan, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and the Pakistan People's Party emerged victorious; in the east 160 of 162 seats were won by the Awami League led by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. The League wanted complete internal autonomy for Bangladesh with a central Pakistan government controlling foreign affairs and defense.
  
• 25 March 1971, Pakistan's president Yahya Khan declared a state of emergency in East Pakistan. Sheikh Rahman and other leaders of the Awami League were arrested, while Pakistani troops began a brutal suppression.
  
• 14 April 1971, the leaders of the Awami league, in refuge in India, declared Bangladesh to be independent.
  
• 21 November 1971, Indian troops clashed with Pakistani forces in Bengal as Indians crossed the border.
  
• 3 December 1971, Pakistan attacked Indian air bases.
  
• 4 December 1971, India invaded Pakistan.
  
• 17 December 1971, Pakistan accepted cease-fire terms.
  
• 12 January 1972, Mujibur Rahman became prime minister of Bangladesh.
  
• 3 July 1972, peace terms agreed between India and Pakistan at Simla.
  
• February 1974, Bangladesh independence recognized by Pakistan.
  
• 15 August 1975, Rahman killed in military coup.
  
• 1977, General Ziaur Rahman assumed the presidency (assassinated in 1981).

there were group in Bangladesh during this time called the freedom fighters that were retaliating agents the government

Statistics of the Freedom Fighters:
The total number of Freedom Fighters during Bangladesh War of Liberation was not recorded anywhere.

The number of people that died in this war is not known very well. Pakistan says only 30,000 people died. India and Bangladesh say that nearly 3 million were killed.

It all started with Operation Searchlight, a planned military pacification carried out by the Pakistan Army started on 25 March, 1971 to curb the Bengali nationalist movement by taking control of the major cities on March 26, and then eliminating all opposition, political or military, within one month. Before the beginning of the operation, all foreign journalists were systematically deported from Bangladesh. The main phase of Operation Searchlight ended with the fall of the last major town in Bengali hands in mid May.

Map of Banglaadesh

genocid in bangladesh (war of Independence)

the averagedeaths , over 11,000(Eleven Thousand) deaths occurred daily, and no war since the Second World War can equal this terrifying record.

The people of Narail can bear witness to the reign of terror, the inhuman atrocities, inflicted on them after (General) Yahya let loose his troops to do what they would. After March 25, many people fled Jessore in fear of their lives, and took refuge in Narail and its neighboring localities. Many of them were severely bashed by the soldiers of Yahya and lost their lives. Very few people ever returned. Bhayna is a flourishing village near Narail. Ali Akbar is a well-known figure there. On April 8, the Pakistani troops surrounded the village on the pretext that it was a sanctuary for freedom fighters. Just as fish are caught in a net so too were the people of this village all assembled, in an open field. Then everyone- men, women, and children--were all forced to line up. Young men between the ages of 25 and 30 were lined up separately. 45 people were shot to death on the spot. Three of Ali Akbar's brothers were killed there. Ali Akbar was able to save himself by lying on the ground. But no one else of that group was as fortunate. Nadanor was the Killing field. Every day 20 to 30 people were taken there with their hands tied behind their backs, and killed. The dead bodies would be flung into the river. Apart from this, a slaughter house was also readied for Bengalis. persons were slaughtered here. From April 15 to December 10, the butchery continued. It is gathered that 2,723 people lost their lives here. People were brought here and bashed, then their ears were cut off, and their eyes gouged out. Finally they were slaughtered... : The Chairman of the Peace Committee was Moulana Solaiman. With Dr. Abul Hussain and Abdul Rashid Mukhtar, he assisted in the genocide.

summary

the mass kiling in bangladesh (then East Pakistan) in 1971 vie with the annihilation of the soviet Pows, the holocaust against the Jews, and the genocide in rwanda as the most concentrated act of genocide in the

twentieth century. In an attempt to crush forces seeking independence for East Pakistan, the West Pakistani military regime unleashed a systematic campaign of mass murder which aimed at killing millions of Bengalis, and likely succeeded in doing so.