Bangladesh genocide
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title:
Bangladesh genocide
text:
The Bangladesh genocide was the ethnic cleansing of Bengalis, especially Bengali Hindus, residing in East Pakistan during the Bangladesh Liberation War, perpetrated by the Pakistan Armed Forces and the Razakars. It began on 25 March 1971, as Operation Searchlight was launched by West Pakistan to militarily subdue the Bengali population of East Pakistan; the Bengalis comprised the demographic majority and had been calling for independence from the Pakistani state. Seeking to curtail the Bengali s
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1971 genocide of Bengalis in East Pakistan
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh_genocide
date created:
2005-12-07T12:57:14Z
date modified:
2024-09-07T10:07:15Z
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