Tsvakurudzo dzakazvimirira dzinofungidzira kuti pakati pe300,000 ne500,000 vanhuwo zvavo vakafa mukati menguva iyi nepo hurumende yeBangladesh ichiisa huwandu hwevakafa pamamiriyoni matatu, nhamba iyo zvino inenge ichionekwa pasi rose seyakawandisa. Dzimwe nyanzvi dzakadai saRudolph Rummel naRounaq Jahan dzinoti mativi ose akaita kuparadza rudzi; vamwe vakadai saRichard Sisson naLeo E. Rose vanodavira kuti kwakanga kusina kuparadza rudzi. Mukupindura kutsigira kweIndia vapanduki muEast Pakistan, kurwisa kwokutanga paIndia neuto remhepo rePakistan, navy, uye mauto omumvura kwakatungamirira kuhondo yenguva dzose
muna 1971 izvo zvakaguma norukundo rweIndia uye East Pakistan kuwana rusununguko seBangladesh.