Portfolio cols 3 | Bangladesh 1971
A BOY LED A PROCESSION DURING A MASS UPRISING
In 1969 in Dhaka, Bangladesh - then East Pakistan - one of the events that preceded the 1971 war of independence. The boy was killed shortly after the image was taken. (via The New York Time Lens)
CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY ALLEGED IN 1971 WAR OF INDEPENDENCE
In this December 1971 file photo, newly independent Bangladesh guerrillas in Dacca use bayonets to torture and kill four men suspected of collaborating with Pakistani militiamen who had been accused of murder, rape and looting during months of civil war.
A SOLDIER TRAINING CAMP, 1971
Training Camps, Soldiers Training, Wars 1971
FREEDOM FIGHTERS
A group of armed Freedom fighters. Bangladesh. December 8, 1971.
RAYERBAZAR KILLING FIELD
It photographed immediately after the war started, showing bodies of Bengali nationalist intellectuals (Image courtesy: Rashid Talukdar, 1971)
FREEDOM FIGHTER
Muktijoddha (freedom fighter) in guerilla training camp. Bangladesh 1971.
Hindu Woman
A Bengali Hindu woman moving from Genocide-ravaged East Bengal(Bangladesh) towards India post 1971
The artists' society with the letters Sha Dhi Na Ta – independence - protest at the postponement of the National Assembly meeting in March 1971
They Are Bangladeshi Not Bengali- Most people don’t know the difference between Bengali (WB, India) and Bangladeshi identity. They are two different identities. Bangladeshi people are often confused as Bengali. They are quite different. They (Bangladeshi) have separate language with accent, history, culture and geographical demarcation. A Bangladeshi may claim to be but not exactly a Bengali. They use Bengali as co-identity.
Collaborated with the Pakistani army
Guerilla fighters of the Mukti Bahini prepare to bayonet men who allegedly collaborated with the Pakistani army during East Pakistan's fight to become the independent state of Bangladesh.