Book contents
- The Cambridge World History of Genocide
- The Cambridge World History of Genocide
- The Cambridge World History of Genocide
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Maps
- Contributors to Volume III
- Introduction to Volume III
- Part I Racism, Total War, Imperial Collapse and Revolution
- Part II World War Two
- Part III The Nation-State System during the Cold War
- 17 Genocide in Latin America, 1950–2000
- 18 China under Mao, 1949–1976
- 19 Half a Century of Genocide and Extermination
- 20 Secession and Genocide in the Republic of Biafra, 1966–1970
- 21 Bangladesh, 1971
- 22 The Genocides in Cambodia, 1975–1979
- 23 The Guatemalan Genocide
- 24 Mass Violence and the Kurds
- 25 Vulnerable Peoples in the Contemporary Era
- Part IV Globalisation and Genocide since the Cold War
- Index
21 - Bangladesh, 1971
from Part III - The Nation-State System during the Cold War
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 June 2023
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Book contents
- The Cambridge World History of Genocide
- The Cambridge World History of Genocide
- The Cambridge World History of Genocide
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Maps
- Contributors to Volume III
- Introduction to Volume III
- Part I Racism, Total War, Imperial Collapse and Revolution
- Part II World War Two
- Part III The Nation-State System during the Cold War
- 17 Genocide in Latin America, 1950–2000
- 18 China under Mao, 1949–1976
- 19 Half a Century of Genocide and Extermination
- 20 Secession and Genocide in the Republic of Biafra, 1966–1970
- 21 Bangladesh, 1971
- 22 The Genocides in Cambodia, 1975–1979
- 23 The Guatemalan Genocide
- 24 Mass Violence and the Kurds
- 25 Vulnerable Peoples in the Contemporary Era
- Part IV Globalisation and Genocide since the Cold War
- Index
Summary
On 25 March 1971, a military dictatorship in Pakistan embarked on a massive slaughter of Bengalis. Its consequences echo down to this day: one of the largest refugee flows in human history; a major war between India and Pakistan that ratcheted up the hatred between those two antagonists; and the traumatic creation of Bangladesh, which today is the eighth-largest population in the world.
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- The Cambridge World History of Genocide , pp. 497 - 517Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023