Bangladesh War of Independence: The Killing Field of East Pakistan

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Beginning from March 25, 1971, the then East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) was the premeditated killing field of the West Pakistani ruling elite and their marauding soldiers.

Their anger, their revenge, their discriminatory behaviour, and their sadistic atrocities were realized in the nine-month long genocide in East Pakistan. The photos below speak for themselves.

Like thousands of others in Dhaka, these rickshaw-pullers
were also mercilessly killed on the night of March 25, 1971

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Setting fires on structures and burning them to the ground
was also another form of brutality of the West Pakistani soldiers
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Another killing field on a bank of a river
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As people fled away from their villages, there was none to
bury the slaughtered victims of the West Pakistani army
_Wading knee-deep water, villagers are leaving their abodes
and taking shelter in a safe place far away from the army presence

To avoid army atrocities, the old, weak and infirm

are being carried away to safer areas

These villagers left their households and became
internal refugees in a safer place

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More people who were forced to leave their own homes

Photo Courtesy: The Press Information Department,
Government of Bangladesh (1972)