1971 Dhaka University massacre
March 25, 1971 · Dhaka University
Mass murder of University of Dhaka students and teachers by the Pakistan Army on the night of 25-26 March 1971 in East Pakistan, now Bangladesh. The army opened Operation Searchlight on the campus on Yahya Khan's orders, shelling halls including Jagannath Hall and Rokeya Hall to destroy the heart of Bengali nationalism. Eyewitnesses report hundreds killed; officials claimed only a few dozen.
