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Bangladesh Liberation War
1971
South Asia
Status: ended
Casualties: 300,000–3 million (incl. genocide); ~10 million displaced
Pakistan's Operation Searchlight against East Pakistan triggered mass killings. India intervened on 3 December; in thirteen days the Indian army and Mukti Bahini took Dhaka. ~93,000 Pakistani troops surrendered — the largest surrender since WWII. Bangladesh independent.
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Belligerents
- India
- Bangladesh (Mukti Bahini)
- Pakistan
Casualties
300,000–3 million (incl. genocide); ~10 million displaced
From World at War, an interactive atlas by Jairus Pereira.
Figures are approximate, drawn from Wikipedia, UCDP, ACLED and academic sources — a design
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