On 11 March 2017 , the Parliament of Bangladesh unanimously passed Resolution designating 25 March as a '' Genocide Remembrance Day '' . The day honours and remembers those who suffered and died as a consequence of killings by the Pakistani Army in 25 March 1971 , which started with Operation Searchlight and ended with the 1971 Bangladesh Genocide and the Independence of Bangladesh . During this period the persecution of Bangla population by Pakistan army led by General A.K. Niazi was notable . It is believed this was on account of the contempt the dominant Punjabi Pakistanis had for of Bengalis , there was mounting evidence that among the Bengalis , the Hindu minority was doubly marked out for persecution . In a post war enquiry several senior Pakistani officers admitted to systematic targeting of the community on the orders from a brigadier which General Niazi had denied
1971 Bangladesh Genocide
1971 Bangladesh genocide
Bengali Genocide Remembrance Day