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Event war South Asia

Bangladeshi War of Independence

1971 CE

East Pakistan declared independence after the Pakistani military launched Operation Searchlight — a genocidal campaign that killed an estimated 300,000 to 3 million people.

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1971 Bangladesh–Pakistan armed conflict

Bangladesh Liberation War on Wikipedia.

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Conflict · South Asia

Bangladeshi War of Independence

1971 CE

East Pakistan declared independence after the Pakistani military launched Operation Searchlight — a genocidal campaign that killed an estimated 300,000 to 3 million people. India's intervention decisively defeated Pakistan in 13 days, creating Bangladesh as the world's newest nation.

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