Qoraal sii wata faqradan - Cilmi baarayaal 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 qiyaastay 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. Markii ay jawaab u noqdeen taageeradii Hindiya ee kacdoonka Bariga Pakistan, duqeymaha ay ka soo horjeedeen Hindiya ee ay sameeyeen ciidamada cirka, badda, iyo ciidamada badda ee Pakistan ayaa sababay dagaal caadi ah
1971 kii waxaa lagaga guuleestay Hindiya bariga Pakistaan waxeyna noqotay Bangladesh.