10 Apr
16TH December 2020
- 06:00 am
In 1971 Bangladesh fought the Bangladesh Liberation War against Pakistan to become an Independent country,[4] which resulted in the secession of East Pakistan from the Islamic Republic of Pakistan[5] and established the sovereign nation called Bangladesh. The war pitted East Pakistan and India against West Pakistan, and lasted for a duration of nine months. One of the most violent wars of the 20th century, it witnessed large-scale atrocities, the exodus of 10 million refugees and the killing of 3 million people by the Pakistani armed forces