On March 25 , 1971 , in the night , the Pakistan Army began its " Operation Searchlight " to oppose a Bengali nationalist movement in what was then East Pakistan . It led to a genocide and to the Bangladesh Liberation War . Most of the targets of Operation Searchlight were young Hindu men , intellectuals , students and academics . Operation Searchlight focused on prominent Hindu sites including the Jagannath Hall ( a hostel for Hindu students on the Dhaka University campus ) and the Ramna Kali Mandir
genocide
1971 Bangladesh genocide
Ramna Kali Mandir