Genocide 1971: Photo Gallery


Below are some of the images of the people of Bangladesh (then East Pakistan) during 1971. Whether Muslim or Hindu, young or old, man or woman, people were at the receiving end of this horrific crimes against humanity.

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Here are some of the other notable
Photo Galleries about 1971.

  • DRIK [One of the most respected and internationally reputed initiatives. Also, one of my favorites. Bangladeshis ought to be proud of this world-class performance and contribution from the soil of Bangladesh.]
     

  • Some additional DRIK sites [Chobimela2000; The Forgotten War; War Veterans 1971]
Countries and peoples turning against each other in a race in inhumanity A stunning blow to Bangla Desh: Bengali victims Villagers massacred by Pakistani troops: "How can any man work himself into such a murderous frenzy"? Pak Army tanks on patrol: An exercise in terror
Courtesy: "Pakistan: The Ravaging of Golden Bengal" [TIME, August 2, 1971; pp. 24-29] Courtesy: "Pakistan: Vultures and Wild Dogs" [Newsweek; April 26, 1971; pp. 35-36]
 		 Courtesy: "The Terrible Blood Bath of Tikka Khan" [Newsweek; June 28, 1971; pp. 43-44] Courtesy: "Pakistan: Round 1 to the West" [TIME; April 12, 1971; pp. 23-24]
Bengali victim in Dhaka - Hardly what Jinnah had in mind Pakistani Patrol: "They think they are God because they have guns" Sheikh Mujibur Rahman: The Leader of the Independence Movement  
Courtesy: "Dacca, City of the Dead" [TIME; May 3, 1971; p.28] Courtesy: "A Losing Battle" [Newsweek; November 15, 1971; pp. 50-54]
 		 Courtesy: "Bengal: The Murder of a People" [Newsweek; August 2, 1971; pp. 26-30] Courtesy: to be added
Lt. Gen. Tikka Khan:
The leading executioner of the genocide		 Homeless Bengalis in ravaged street of Dhaka   On the run, away from genocide
Courtesy: "Bengal: The Murder of a People" [Newsweek; August 2, 1971; pp. 26-30] Courtesy: "An occupied, conquered territory" [U.S. News & World Report August 23, 1971; p. 44]
 		 Courtesy: to be added Courtesy: "Bengal: The Murder of a People" [Newsweek; August 2, 1971; pp. 26-30]
Refugees follow a mud path on the Indian side of the border Refugees wait to be processed at Calcutta Camp: "Blank faces tell the story"   Refugees seeking shelter in drainage pipes at Calcutta Airport; What they flee from is even worse
Courtesy: "Pakistan: The Ravaging of Golden Bengal" [TIME, August 2, 1971; pp. 24-29] Courtesy: "Pakistan: The Ravaging of Golden Bengal" [TIME; August 2, 1971; pp. 24-29]
 		 Courtesy: to be added Courtesy: "Pakistan: The Ravaging of Golden Bengal" [TIME, August 2, 1971; pp. 24-29]

 
Faces of despair, deprivation and suffering as refugees
 		 Life in refugee camps; death away from deaths Even the old is not spared in the genocide; they have fled in panic Devastated and uprooted families await food, medical help, or even death in refugee camps in West Bengal, India
Courtesy: "Bengal: The Murder of a People" [Newsweek; August 2, 1971; pp. 26-30]
 		 Courtesy: "Bengal: The Murder of a People" [Newsweek; August 2, 1971; pp. 26-30] Courtesy: "Bengal: The Murder of a People" [Newsweek; August 2, 1971; pp. 26-30] Courtesy: "Pakistan: The Ravaging of Golden Bengal" [TIME, August 2, 1971; pp. 24-29]
In a camp flooded by monsoon rains, a man carries an aged woman to shelter Children scramble for powdered milk at an Indian camp Weary children at Indian camp near Calcutta Refugee camps in India, swamped with people in open-air temples
Courtesy: "Pakistan: The Ravaging of Golden Bengal" [TIME, August 2, 1971; pp. 24-29] Courtesy: "Pakistan: The Ravaging of Golden Bengal" [TIME, August 2, 1971; pp. 24-29] Courtesy: "Pakistan: The Ravaging of Golden Bengal" [TIME; August 2, 1971; pp. 24-29]
 		 Courtesy: "Pakistan: The Ravaging of Golden Bengal" [TIME, August 2, 1971; pp. 24-29]
Exhausted refugee reaches Madhupur India with child 85 years old woman walked 100 miles to Calcutta in three days 85 years old man walked 100 miles to Calcutta in three days Bangla Desh Guerrillas: "We will win in the end"
Courtesy: "Pakistan: The Ravaging of Golden Bengal" [TIME, August 2, 1971; pp. 24-29] Courtesy: "Pakistan: The Ravaging of Golden Bengal" [TIME, August 2, 1971; pp. 24-29] Courtesy: "Pakistan: The Ravaging of Golden Bengal" [TIME, August 2, 1971; pp. 24-29] Courtesy: "Pakistan: The Ravaging of Golden Bengal" [TIME; August 2, 1971; pp. 24-29]
 
     
Indira Gandhi:
Militarily intervened in 1971		      
Courtesy: to be added