Conflict episode
1971 war and the independence of Bangladesh
Following a nine-month conflict and Indian military intervention in 1971, East Pakistan became independent as Bangladesh; estimates of the conflict's death toll vary very widely across sources.
What happened
In 1971, a nine-month conflict between Pakistani armed forces and Bengali nationalist and guerrilla forces in East Pakistan, followed by Indian military intervention in December 1971, ended with East Pakistan's independence as Bangladesh. Estimates of the conflict's death toll vary very widely by source, from roughly 300,000 to 3 million; this bundle reports that range as attributed to differing sources without adjudicating a single figure or apportioning responsibility for the violence.[1]
Sources for this page
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Claim: In 1971, a nine-month conflict between Pakistani armed forces and Bengali nationalist and guerrilla forces in East Pakistan, followed by Indian military intervention in December 1971, ended with East Pakistan's independence as Bangladesh. Estimates of the conflict's death toll vary very widely by source, from roughly 300,000 to 3 million.
- Bangladesh Liberation War (Wikipedia) link, article text. Source record Consulted via a general-reference encyclopedia article summarising widely differing estimates from different sources; this bundle reports the range as attributed and does not adjudicate a single figure or apportion responsibility for the violence.