<p>On March 26, 1971, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rehman’s clarion call for independence led to Pakistan’s military dictator Gen Yahya Khan unleashing his army and local collaborators, resulting in a genocide that killed around 30 lakh people, left over two lakh women raped and drove over 10 million refugees into India. <br /><br />Then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi led from the front and India’s defence forces fought jointly with Bangladesh’s Muktibahini in the nine-month long bloody War of Liberation. Pakistan’s army surrendered on December 16. The emergence of Bangladesh shattered the two-nation theory and redrew the map of South Asia.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/specials/sunday-spotlight/new-era-in-bangladesh-india-ties-970039.html" target="_blank"><strong>Read more here</strong></a></p>
<p>On March 26, 1971, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rehman’s clarion call for independence led to Pakistan’s military dictator Gen Yahya Khan unleashing his army and local collaborators, resulting in a genocide that killed around 30 lakh people, left over two lakh women raped and drove over 10 million refugees into India. <br /><br />Then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi led from the front and India’s defence forces fought jointly with Bangladesh’s Muktibahini in the nine-month long bloody War of Liberation. Pakistan’s army surrendered on December 16. The emergence of Bangladesh shattered the two-nation theory and redrew the map of South Asia.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/specials/sunday-spotlight/new-era-in-bangladesh-india-ties-970039.html" target="_blank"><strong>Read more here</strong></a></p>