Due to their loyalty towards Rawalpindi as well as their collaboration with the Pakistan Army during the Bangladesh Liberation War, many suffered from violence and discrimination from Bengalis in the new republic.
Due to their loyalty towards Rawalpindi as well as their collaboration with the Pakistan Army during the Bangladesh Liberation War, Biharis faced reprisals from Bengali mobs and militias and from 1,000 to 150,000 were killed. Many more suffered from violence and discrimination from Bengalis in the new republic.