197126 March – 16 December 1971 · Dhaka
Bangladesh Liberation War
After the Pakistani army's crackdown in Dhaka on the night of 25 March 1971, Bengali nationalists declared independence. Nine months of war followed, with mass killings, widespread sexual violence and some ten million refugees fleeing to India. India entered the war in December, and Pakistani forces surrendered at Dhaka's Racecourse on 16 December. Estimates of the dead range from 300,000 to three million.
Sites
- Site 1: Liberation War Museum, AgargaonGalleries of documents, weapons, personal belongings and survivors' testimony.Map ↗
- Site 2: Suhrawardy Udyan (the former Racecourse)Park where Mujib spoke on 7 March 1971 and Pakistan's army surrendered.Map ↗
- Site 3: Martyred Intellectuals Memorial, Rayer BazarBrick memorial at the killing ground of academics and writers murdered in December 1971.Map ↗
- Site 4: National Martyrs' Memorial, SavarSeven-peaked national monument with mass graves, 35 km from the centre.Map ↗
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