PM Tarique Rahman Pays Tribute on Bangladesh Genocide Day
2 min learnNew DelhiUp to date: Mar 25, 2026 11:19 AM IST
Bangladesh’s newly-elected Prime Minister Tarique Rahman Wednesday paid respects to the martyrs of the March 25 genocide carried out by Pakistan in 1971 towards unarmed civilians in Bangladesh below Operation Searchlight.
Observing the day because the Genocide Day, the Bangladesh Nationalist Social gathering (BNP) chief, Rahman underlined the “worth and significance of independence to the current and future generations,” encouraging them to develop their data about what he known as as a “pre-planned bloodbath.”
The struggle in 1971 broke after a sudden crackdown at midnight on March 25, 1971 within the erstwhile East Pakistan by the Pakistani troops. It ended on December 16.
The identical yr Pakistan conceded defeat and unconditionally surrendered in Dhaka to the allied forces comprising the liberty fighters and the Indian troopers. Formally three million individuals have been killed throughout the nine-month lengthy struggle.
Over a publish on X, Rahman wrote: “Within the historical past of freedom-loving Bangladesh, 25 March 1971 stays some of the disgraceful and brutal days. On that darkish evening, the Pakistani occupation forces carried out some of the heinous genocides in historical past towards the unarmed individuals of Bangladesh within the identify of ‘Operation Searchlight”.
March 25, 1971 is noticed as Genocide Day. On the event of Genocide Day, 1 pay my deepest respect to all of the martyrs.
Within the historical past of freedom-loving Bangladesh, 25 March 1971 stays some of the disgraceful and brutal days. On that darkish evening, the Pakistani occupation… pic.twitter.com/SiLUrbVSgP
— Tarique Rahman (@trahmanbnp) March 24, 2026
Rahman additional wrote: “Allow us to all try to honour the sacrifices of the martyrs by establishing within the state and society the spirit of the good Liberation Conflict – equality, human dignity and social justice. Allow us to work collectively to construct a simply, developed, affluent, self-reliant and democratic Bangladesh.”
Rahman additionally prolonged his prayers for forgiveness and peace of the victims of the atrocities, in addition to wished success to each programme organised to watch the day throughout Bangladesh.
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