Dhameystir weedha soo socota: Cilmi baadhayaal madax banaan ayaa ku qiyaasaya in inta u dhaxaysa 300,000 ilaa 500,000 oo rayid ah ay dhinteen muddadaas halka dowladda Bangladesh ay tirada dhimashada ku sheegtay saddex milyan, tiradaas oo hadda ku dhawaad guud ahaan loo arko inay tahay mid aad u sarreysa. Qaar ka mid ah aqoonyahanada sida Rudolph Rummel iyo Rounaq Jahan ayaa sheegaya in labada dhinacba ay geysteen xasuuq; kuwa kale sida Richard Sisson iyo Leo E. Rose waxay aaminsan yihiin inaysan jirin xasuuq. Jawaabta taageerada Hindiya ee kacdoonka bariga Pakistan, duqeymaha kahortaga ah ee Hindiya ee ciidamada cirka, bada, iyo ciidamada badda ee Pakistan ayaa sababay dagaal.
Dagaalki caadiga ahaa ee 1971 kii waxaa lagaga adkaaday Hindiya Bariga Pakistan waxeyna noqotay Bangladesh.