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Bangladesh Liberation War
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Bangladesh Liberation War
The
Bangladesh Liberation War
( ), also known as the
Bangladesh War of Independence
, or simply the
Liberation War
in Bangladesh, was a
revolution
and
armed conflict
sparked by the rise of the
Bengali nationalist
and
self-determination
movement in
East Pakistan
and the
1971 Bangladesh genocide
. It resulted in the
independence
of the
People's Republic of Bangladesh
. The war began after the
Pakistani
military junta
based in
West Pakistan
launched
Operation Searchlight
against the people of East Pakistan on the night of 25 March 1971. It pursued the systematic elimination of nationalist Bengali civilians, students,
intelligentsia
, religious minorities and armed personnel. The junta annulled the results of the
1970 election
s and arrested
Prime Minister-elect
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
.
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