Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Masu bincike masu zaman kansu sun kiyasta cewa tsakanin fararen hula 300,000 zuwa 500,000 sun mutu a wannan lokacin yayin da gwamnatin Bangladesh ta sanya adadin wadanda suka mutu a miliyan uku, adadi wanda yanzu kusan ana kallon shi a matsayin wanda aka wuce gona da iri. Wasu masana kamar Rudolph Rummel da Rounaq Jahan sun ce bangarorin biyu sun aikata kisan kare dangi; wasu kamar Richard Sisson da Leo E. Rose sun yi imanin cewa babu kisan kare dangi. Dangane da goyon bayan Indiya ga masu tayar da kayar baya a Gabashin Pakistan, hare-haren da aka yi a kan Indiya ta hanyar sojojin sama na Pakistan, da na ruwa, da na ruwa sun haifar da yakin basasa
a 1971 wanda ya haifar da nasarar Indiya da Gabashin Pakistan da samun 'yancin kai a matsayin Bangladesh.