<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Ukuqothulwa kohlanga eBangladesh kwaqala ngo-March 26, 1971 ngokuqaliswa kwe-Operation Searchlight, njengoba iNtshonalanga Pakistan manje eyiPakistan yaqala ukucindezela kwezempi iphiko laseMpumalanga manje eyiBangladesh lesizwe. Lesi senzo sasishukunyiswa izizathu zenkolo nezombangazwe. Phakathi nezinyanga eziyisishiyagalolunye  <response>: Impi Yenkululeko YaseBangladesh, amalungu ezempi yasePakistan kanye namabutho asekela amaSulumane asePakistan avela eqenjini leJamaat-e-Islami abulala abantu abaphakathi kuka-200 000 no-3 000 000 futhi adlwengula abesifazane baseBangladesh abaphakathi kuka-200 000 no-400 000, ngokusho kwemithombo yaseBangladesh neyaseNdiya, emkhankasweni ohleliwe wokudlwengula uhlanga. Izenzo ezibhekiswe kwabesifazane zazisekelwa abaholi benkolo basePakistan, abamemezela ukuthi abesifazane baseBengali babeyi-gonimoter maal ngesiBengali okusho ukuthi impahla yomphakathi. Ngenxa yale mpi, abanye abantu abayizigidi ezingu-8 kuya kwezingu-10, iningi labo elingamaHindu, babaleka kuleli lizwe bayofuna isiphephelo eNdiya engomakhelwane. Kulinganiselwa ukuthi izakhamuzi ezingaba yizigidi ezingu-30 kwezingu-70 zaphoqeleka ukuba zifudukele kwamanye amazwe. Phakathi nempi, kwakukhona nobudlova bezinhlanga phakathi kwamaBengali namaBihari akhuluma isi-Urdu. AmaBihari abhekana nokuziphindiselela kwezixuku zamaBengali namabutho futhi kwabulawa abantu abaphakathi kuka-1 000 no-150 000. 