Some Historic Photo-1971 BANGLADESH

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 The Bangladesh war of independence in 1971
was one of the bloodiest conflicts in living memory. In an attempt to
crush forces seeking independence for what was then East Pakistan, the
West Pakistani military regime unleashed a systematic campaign of
violence that resulted in the deaths of thousands of Bangalis.
In
266 days Bangali, hill people and Adivasi resistance fighters and their
allies defeated the military forces of Pakistan. The result was the
birth of a new nation - Bangladesh - and the dismemberment of Pakistan.
It
was only after the 16th of December 1971 when Pakistani troops
surrendered in East Pakistan, that Bangladeshis began to realise the
scale of the atrocities committed during the previous nine months.
1971
was a year of national and international crisis in South Asia. The
history of Bangladesh is implicitly tied to the partition of India in
1947 and therefore the tragic events of 1971 are linked to Britain’s
colonial past. For Bangladesh, ravaged by the war and subsequent
political turmoil, it has been a difficult task to reconstruct its own
history.