Volume-VI, Issue-I, July 2019 |
Genocide in the Liberation War of Bangladesh: A Case Study on Sreepur Genocide, Noakhali Susmita Rani Dash, Asst. Professor, Dept. of Bangladesh and Liberation War Studies, Noakhali Science and Technology University (NSTU), Bangladesh Md. Read Hossain, Student, Department of Bangladesh and Liberation War Studies, Noakhali Science and Technology University (NSTU), Bangladesh Nasratul Ferdous, Student, Department of Bangladesh and Liberation War Studies Noakhali Science and Technology University (NSTU), Bangladesh M. Saif Uddin Babu, Research Scholar, BSS & MSS in Political Science, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh |
Received: 02.07.2020 | Accepted: 18.07.2020 | Published Online: 31.07.2020 | Page No: 89-97 | ||||
DOI: 10.29032/ijhsss.vol.6.issue.05W.073 | |||||||
ABSTRACT | ||
The Genocide of Bangladesh is one of the most brutal, pre-planned and widespread genocides
of the 20th century. Pakistani army along with their local collaborators killed 3 million people
and raped more than 2 lakh women only in a period of nine months. Millions of people were
injured and uprooted from their houses. Pakistani army established its control over the entire
country and carried out brutal genocide in remote areas of Bangladesh. During the Liberation
war of Bangladesh, Pakistani army carried out brutal genocide in Noakhali district which is a
remote area of Bangladesh. The process of mass killing was going on randomly everywhere
across the district. In particular, the paper chooses a case on Sreepur genocide in Noakhali.
On 15 June, 1971 the Pakistani army carried out genocide and killed many people at the
village of Sreepur in Noakhali Sadar upazila. Besides killing, villages were burned and crops
destroyed. With the assistance of their local collaborators the Pakistani army accomplished
these atrocious activities in Sreepur. The aim of this paper is to explore the genocide issues in
the context of Liberation War of Bangladesh and find out how and why the Pakistani army
carried out genocide in Sreepur. In this paper, we bring a case to understand the true history
about genocide in the country’s remote area and it would enrich the genocide studies of
Bangladesh. Keywords: Genocide, Liberation War, Bangladesh, Pakistani army, Noakhali, Sreepur |