Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Yunƙurin ƙaddarar kai da ƙungiyoyin kishin ƙasa na Bengali a Gabashin Bengal, wanda Sheikh Mujibur Rahman ya jagoranta, ya ƙare a 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War da sojojin Pakistan. Sama da kimanin mutane miliyan 3 (3,000,000) suka mutu a rikicin, musamman a sakamakon yakin basasa.
Kisan kare dangi na Bangladesh a shekara ta 1971. Yaƙin ya sa miliyoyin 'yan gudun hijirar Gabashin Bengal su nemi mafaka a makwabciyar Indiya, musamman jihar Indiya ta Yammacin Bengal, tare da Calcutta, babban birnin Yammacin Bengal, ya zama babban birnin gudun hijira na Gwamnatin wucin gadi na Bangladesh. Sojojin 'yan tawaye na Mukti Bahini sun yi yakin watanni tara da sojojin Pakistan. Rikicin ya ƙare bayan sojojin Indiya sun shiga tsakani a bangaren sojojin Bangladesh a makonni biyu na karshe na yakin, wanda ya ƙare tare da Bayar da Pakistan da 'yancin Dhaka a ranar 16 ga Disamba, 1971. Ta haka ne aka haifi sabuwar Jamhuriyar Jama'ar Bangladesh mai zaman kanta daga abin da ya kasance lardin Pakistan ta Gabas ta Pakistan.