Bangladesh Liberation War

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armed conflict independence war war

The Bangladesh Liberation War was a 1971 armed conflict in which East Pakistan fought to secede from Pakistan, leading to the creation of the independent nation of Bangladesh.

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All labels observed (13)

Label Occurrences
Bangladesh Liberation War canonical 46
full-scale Bangladesh Liberation War 2
Bangladesh Liberation War (1971) 1

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf armed conflict ⓘ
independence war ⓘ
war ⓘ
aftermath recognition of Bangladesh by many countries ⓘ
repatriation of prisoners of war between India, Pakistan and Bangladesh ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Bangladesh Liberation War ⓘ
surface form: Bangladesh War of Independence

Bangladesh Liberation War ⓘ
surface form: Muktijuddho
belligerent India ⓘ
Indian Armed Forces ⓘ
Mukti Bahini ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
Pakistan Armed Forces ⓘ
Provisional Government of Bangladesh ⓘ
casualties hundreds of thousands of civilians killed ⓘ
cause Operation Searchlight crackdown ⓘ
denial of power to Awami League after 1970 elections ⓘ
political and economic discrimination against East Pakistan ⓘ
commandedBy General A. A. K. Niazi ⓘ
General M. A. G. Osmani ⓘ
Lieutenant General Jagjit Singh Aurora ⓘ
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman ⓘ
conflict Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 ⓘ
country People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan) ⓘ
surface form: Bangladesh
displacedPersons millions of refugees fled to India ⓘ
endTime 1971-12-16 ⓘ
hasPart Bangladesh genocide ⓘ
Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 ⓘ
Mukti Bahini insurgency ⓘ
Operation Searchlight ⓘ
location Bay of Bengal ⓘ
People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan) ⓘ
surface form: East Pakistan

India ⓘ
Dominion of Pakistan ⓘ
surface form: West Pakistan
mainTheater People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan) ⓘ
surface form: East Pakistan
opponent Pakistan ⓘ
Pakistan Armed Forces ⓘ
opposedBy China ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
partOf Cold War ⓘ
result creation of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh ⓘ
independence of Bangladesh ⓘ
secession of East Pakistan from Pakistan ⓘ
signedDocument Instrument of Surrender ⓘ
significantEvent 7 March 1971 speech of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman ⓘ
India’s intervention in December 1971 ⓘ
Operation Searchlight ⓘ
declaration of independence of Bangladesh ⓘ
surrender of Pakistan Eastern Command ⓘ
startTime 1971-03-26 ⓘ
supportedBy Awami League ⓘ
India ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
surrenderDate 1971-12-16 ⓘ
surrenderPlace Dhaka ⓘ

Referenced by (59)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan) → independenceEvent → Bangladesh Liberation War ⓘ
subject surface form: People's Republic of Bangladesh
People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan) → warOfIndependence → Bangladesh Liberation War ⓘ
subject surface form: People's Republic of Bangladesh
Indira Gandhi → notableEvent → Bangladesh Liberation War ⓘ
Indian Armed Forces → conflict → Bangladesh Liberation War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
Language Movement in East Bengal → influenced → Bangladesh Liberation War ⓘ
University of Dhaka → notableMovement → Bangladesh Liberation War ⓘ
Bangladesh Liberation War → alsoKnownAs → Bangladesh Liberation War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bangladesh War of Independence
Bangladesh Liberation War → alsoKnownAs → Bangladesh Liberation War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Muktijuddho
Victory Day → commemorates → Bangladesh Liberation War ⓘ
subject surface form: Victory Day (Bangladesh)
Bangladesh Air Force → foundedDuring → Bangladesh Liberation War ⓘ
Bangladesh Air Force → engagement → Bangladesh Liberation War ⓘ
Bengali people → associatedWith → Bangladesh Liberation War ⓘ
Indo-Pakistani wars → relatedTo → Bangladesh Liberation War ⓘ
Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 → cause → Bangladesh Liberation War ⓘ
Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 → relatedTo → Bangladesh Liberation War ⓘ
Eastern Command of the Indian Army → engagedIn → Bangladesh Liberation War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Liberation of Bangladesh (1971)
Shamsur Rahman → wroteAbout → Bangladesh Liberation War ⓘ
Language Movement of 1952 → influenced → Bangladesh Liberation War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971
Bengali nationalism → historicalContext → Bangladesh Liberation War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bangladesh Liberation War (1971)
Bengali nationalism → centralTo → Bangladesh Liberation War ⓘ
Al Mahmud → workFocusedOn → Bangladesh Liberation War ⓘ
Al Mahmud → wroteAbout → Bangladesh Liberation War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Liberation War of Bangladesh
Matir Moina → mainSubject → Bangladesh Liberation War ⓘ
Guerrilla → mainSubject → Bangladesh Liberation War ⓘ
Zahir Raihan → movement → Bangladesh Liberation War ⓘ
Concert for Bangladesh → associatedWithEvent → Bangladesh Liberation War ⓘ
Simla Agreement → followsConflict → Bangladesh Liberation War ⓘ
Victory Day of Bangladesh → conflict → Bangladesh Liberation War ⓘ
Victory Day of Bangladesh → establishedAfter → Bangladesh Liberation War ⓘ
Scenes from Early Life → hasSubject → Bangladesh Liberation War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bangladeshi War of Independence
Sarmila Bose → researchInterest → Bangladesh Liberation War ⓘ
When Mr. Pirzada Came to Dine → settingEvent → Bangladesh Liberation War ⓘ
Fishbed → usedInConflict → Bangladesh Liberation War ⓘ
Operation Trident (1971) → relatedTo → Bangladesh Liberation War ⓘ
Operation Searchlight → partOf → Bangladesh Liberation War ⓘ
Operation Searchlight → conflict → Bangladesh Liberation War ⓘ
Operation Searchlight → followedBy → Bangladesh Liberation War ⓘ
this entity surface form: full-scale Bangladesh Liberation War
Mukti Bahini insurgency → partOf → Bangladesh Liberation War ⓘ
Mukti Bahini insurgency → relatedTo → Bangladesh Liberation War ⓘ
Mukti Bahini → activeInConflict → Bangladesh Liberation War ⓘ
Mukti Bahini → partOf → Bangladesh Liberation War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bangladeshi independence movement
Provisional Government of Bangladesh → formedDuring → Bangladesh Liberation War ⓘ
Operation Searchlight crackdown → partOf → Bangladesh Liberation War ⓘ
Operation Searchlight crackdown → followedBy → Bangladesh Liberation War ⓘ
this entity surface form: full-scale Bangladesh Liberation War
7 March 1971 speech of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman → relatedEvent → Bangladesh Liberation War ⓘ
7 March 1971 speech of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman → associatedWith → Bangladesh Liberation War ⓘ
this entity surface form: non-cooperation movement in East Pakistan 1971
declaration of independence of Bangladesh → relatedConflict → Bangladesh Liberation War ⓘ
subject surface form: Declaration of Independence of Bangladesh
declaration of independence of Bangladesh → followedBy → Bangladesh Liberation War ⓘ
subject surface form: Declaration of Independence of Bangladesh
Instrument of Surrender → conflict → Bangladesh Liberation War ⓘ
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman → movement → Bangladesh Liberation War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bangladesh Liberation movement