In 1971, the Pakistan Army and their local collaborators, most notably far-right militia group Al-Badr, engaged in the genocidal massacre of Bengali intellectuals during the Bangladesh War of 1971. Be
A sculpture in Meherpur showing the execution of intellectuals by the Pakistan Army in 1971
Dead bodies of Bengali intellectuals found on 15 December 1971
Part of the east-south side of the Martyred Intellectuals Memorial
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The Bangladesh Liberation War, also known as the Bangladesh War of Independence, was an armed conflict sparked by the rise of the Bengali nationalist and self-determination movement in East Pakistan,
1971 killing of Bengali intellectuals
…Army and their local collaborators, most notably far-right militia group Al-Badr, engaged in the genocidal massacre of Bengali intellectuals during the Bangladesh War of 1971. Bengali intellectuals were abducted, tortured, and killed during the entire duration of the war as part of the Bangladesh genocide. However…
Clockwise from top left: Martyred Intellectuals Memorial; Bangladesh Forces howitzer; A. A. K. Niazi signs the Pakistani Instrument of Surrender to the joint forces in the presence of Jagjit Singh Aurora; and the PNS Ghazi
Language movement memorial
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the leader of East Pakistan, and later Bangladesh
Illustration showing military units and troop movements during the war