United Nations: Both India and Bangladesh on the International Day commemorated in memory of the victims of the massacre recalled the 1971 Pakistan massacre. At the time of Bangladesh’s independence, Pakistan’s army had killed more than three million people and raped millions of women.
In East Pakistan (present-day Bangladesh), the Pakistani army started the genocide after midnight on 25 March and then ended on 16 December, when Pakistan’s army surrendered unconditionally in Dhaka after India’s intervention. .
More than three million people were killed by Pakistan’s army
In this regard, TS Thirumurthy, India’s Permanent Mission Ambassador to the United Nations, tweeted. He said that we grieve over the incidents of rape of over three million people and more than two lakh women killed by Pakistan Army. This is the worst massacre in history.
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina recalled the 1971 massacre in the country and said that Bangladesh cannot forget this massacre. Remembering those killed in the massacre, he said that we should take an oath that now such atrocities will not be repeated.
The massacre took place in 1971
It is noteworthy that in 2017, Sheikh Hasina told the whole world about the massacre by Pakistani army in the United Nations. The Pakistan Army carried out the massacre on 25 March 1971 while operating Operation Searchlight.
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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said that the massacre incidents are unforgivable crimes. It is a tsunami of hatred and destruction.
Every year since 1948, International Day is celebrated on 9 December in memory of the victims of the massacre.
