<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Izixwayiso zendlala zaqala ngoMarch 1974 lapho intengo yelayisi inyuka kakhulu. Kule nyanga kwaqala indlala ebanzi esifundeni saseRangpur, isifunda esasizoba ngesinye sezithathu ezihlushwa kakhulu. Kwase kuphele iminyaka emibili nezinyanga ezintathu kuphela kusukela ekupheleni kwempi yenkululeko yaseBangladesh  <response>: December 1971 kanye nokwakhiwa ngokusemthethweni kwezwe. Ngezindlela eziningi, umbuso omusha waseBangladesh nengqalasizinda nemakethe ebhuqiwe kwakungakulungele ngokuphelele ukubhekana nalesi simo. Inkohlakalo phakathi kwezikhulu ezazisanda kumiswa yayidlangile futhi isakazeke yonke indawo. Ngo-April, nakuba izikhulu zikahulumeni zaphinda zathi le nkinga yayiyoba yesikhashana, amanani elayisi aqhubeka enyuka kakhulu futhi imibiko yokubulawa indlala yasakazeka kabanzi. Kusukela ngo-Ephreli kuya kuJulayi, iBangladesh yahlaselwa yizimvula ezinamandla kanye nochungechunge lwezikhukhula ezibhubhisayo emfuleni iBrahmaputra, ikakhulukazi izehlakalo ezibhubhisayo ngoMeyi, Julayi; ikhono lezitshalo zelayisi lokusinda kulokhu lincishiswe ukukhula kwe-monoculture yelayisi ye-HYV. Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-India engomakhelwane yenqaba ukubambisana nohulumeni waseBangladesh. Izitshalo zelayisi zacekeleka phansi futhi amanani enyuka kakhulu. Ngo-October intengo yelayisi yafinyelela esiqongweni futhi izimo zaphola ngo-November 1974 njengoba kwafika usizo lwangaphandle nesivuno sasebusika. Indlala yaphela ngokusemthethweni ngo-December, nakuba ukufa okwedlulele ngokwesibonelo ngenxa yezifo kwaqhubeka kwaze kwaba unyaka olandelayo, njengoba kunjalo ngezindlala eziningi. Abantu abaningi babehlupheka ezindaweni zasemakhaya ngenxa yendlala. Ngokuvamile, ubukhulu bendlala esifundeni babuhlobene nokuchayeka ezikhukhuleni futhi akungabazeki ukuthi izikhukhula zazenza indlala yaba yimbi nakakhulu. Nokho, nakuba izixwayiso zendlala zaqala kudala ngaphambi kukazamcolo njengoba kuboniswe ngenhla, yizikhukhula ngokuvamile ezibekwa icala ngendlala. 