.svg) Flag of Bangladesh during the Liberation War | |
 The signing of the Pakistani Instrument of Surrender on 16 December 1971 at the Ramna Race Course, Dacca, which is now known as the Suhrawardy Udyan | |
| Date | 26 March 1971 (declared) 16 December 1971 (attained) |
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| Duration | c. 1948 – 16 December 1971 (23 years, 11 months and 15 days) |
| Location | East Pakistan (today Bangladesh) |
| Outcome | Independence of Bangladesh; secession of East Pakistan from Pakistan |
| Casualties | |
| ~40,000 military personnel killed (including Bangladesh, Indian and Pakistani forces)[1][2] | |
| 300,000 – 3,000,000 civilian deaths[3][4] | |
| Non-fatal injuries | ~14,000 wounded[2][4] |
| Arrests | 90,000 – 93,000 captured[4] |
| Convicted | 11 (including 9 leaders of Jamaat-e-Islami) |
| Trial | International Crimes Tribunal |
| Awards | Bir Sreshtho Bir Uttom Bir Bikrom Bir Protik Bangladesh Freedom Honour |
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| Leader(s) | A. K. Fazlul Huq, Hussain Shaheed Suhrawardy, Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Ziaur Rahman, M. A. G. Osmani | ||
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The independence of Bangladesh was declared from Pakistan on 26 March 1971, celebrated as Independence Day. The Bangladesh Liberation War started on 26 March and lasted till 16 December 1971 which is celebrated as Victory Day in Bangladesh. In the early hours of March 26, 1971, the undisputed leader of Bengali, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, declared independence before being arrested by the Pakistani army. Later many others declared on behalf of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
- ^ Thiranagama, Sharika; Kelly, Tobias, eds. (2012). Traitors : suspicion, intimacy, and the ethics of state-building. Philadelphia, Pa.: University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 978-0812222371.
- ^ a b Figures from The Fall of Dacca by Jagjit Singh Aurora in The Illustrated Weekly of India dated 23 December 1973 quoted in Praval, K. C. (1987). Indian Army after Independence. Lancer International. p. 486. ISBN 81-7062-014-7.
- ^ "Bangladesh Islamist leader Ghulam Azam charged". BBC News. 13 May 2012. Archived from the original on 15 December 2018. Retrieved 13 May 2012.
- ^ a b c Khan, Shahnawaz (19 January 2005). "54 Indian PoWs of 1971 war still in Pakistan". Daily Times (Pakistan). Lahore. Archived from the original on 19 September 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2011.