Dead bodies

“But why are you killing them? And why pick on the Hindus?”

“Must I remind you, how they have tried to destroy Pakistan? Now under the cover of the fighting we have an excellent opportunity of finishing them off.”

What is Bengali Hindu Genocide?

The Bengali Hindu Genocide refers to the systematic extermination of the indigenous Bengali Hindu people of East Pakistan during the military regime (1958-71) reaching its peak during the Bangladesh Liberation War, through incarceration, confiscation of properties, forced exodus, massacres, genocidal rape, forced conversions and destruction of religious and cultural heritage.

TIMELINE

Traverse the timeline and view the key events in the various phases of the Bengali Hindu Genocide

OVERVIEW

Go through the various sections below to get an overview of the Bengali Hindu Genocide

Property Laws

Learn about the discriminatory property laws that were used to confiscate properties

Massacres

Learn about the massacres – methods that were used, major massacres and eminent victims

Rape

Learn about the atrocities on women – rape, abduction, sexual slavery, forced marriages

Destruction

Learn about the loot and destruction of the homes, businesses and temples

Forced Migration

Learn about the biggest mass migration of modern era, mass deaths at the refugee camps

Perpetrators

Learn about the perpetrators of the genocide, the various organization and individuals

RESOURCES

Browse through a collection of primary and secondary sources on the Bengali Hindu Genocide

News stories

Browse the collection of news reports and feature stories on the genocide

Documents

Browse the collection of official reports and documents on the genocide

Books

Browse through the list of select bibliography on the genocide

Photographs

Have a look at the rare photographs of the victims, refugees and the destruction

Footages

Have a look at some of rare footages of the killings, destruction and the refugees

Quotes

Browse through the comments made by the key figures on their views of the genocide

OPINIONS

Observations made by the policy makers, media and jurists during and after the Bengali Hindu Genocide

Moslem soldiers in East Pakistan will snatch away a man’s lungi (sarong) to see if he is circumcised, obligatory for Moslems; if he is not, it usually means death… Commented one high U.S. official last week: “It is the most incredible, calculated thing since the days of the Nazis in Poland.” 

Time

Pakistan troops were painting large yellow “H” signs on Hindu shops, so as to identify the property of the minority which had become a special target… Not since Nazi Germany were so many citizens of a country publicly marked with religious labels and symbols.

Edward M Kennedy
US Senator

The oft repeated phrase ‘Hindus are enemies of the state’ as a justification for the killing does not gainsay the intent to commit genocide; rather does it confirm the intention. The Nazis regarded the Jews, as enemies of the state and killed them as such.

International Commission of Jurists

REMEMBRANCE

Annual commemoration and memorial’s design for the Bengali Hindu Genocide

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Genocide Remembrance Day

On the eve of the 50th anniversary of the destruction of the Ramna Kali temple, 27th March has been unanimously adopted as Bengali Hindu Genocide Remembrance Day. 

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Genocide Memorial

At the genocide exhibition held the 50th anniversary of the fall of the genocidal regime in 1971, a miniature prototype of the genocide memorial modelled on the Ramna Kali temple was unveiled.