Mujibar Rahman25 March 1971
Arrested in Dhaka, Pakistani forces start Operation Searchlight, a systematic plan to eliminate any resistance, thousands of people are killed in student dormitories and police barracks in Dhaka
Bangladesh · Government / Government of Bangladesh. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Arrested in Dhaka, Pakistani forces start Operation Searchlight, a systematic plan to eliminate any resistance, thousands of people are killed in student dormitories and police barracks in Dhaka
Mujibur Rahman is released from prison & becomes President of Bangladesh
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman returns to Dhaka from prison in West Pakistan
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