Some Historic Photo-1971 BANGLADESH

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.