Here is a story from Time:

Here are some news bulletins:
YouTube - Liberation War of Bangladesh: NBC News Footage 1
YouTube - Liberation War of Bangladesh:News Footage 2
YouTube - Liberation War of Bangladesh:News Footage 3
And a news report in Time, that punctures your claim that the number of refugees was inflated:
Some other articles:
The World: East Pakistan: Even the Skies Weep - TIME
The World: The U.S.: A Policy in Shambles - TIME
And more: Pakistan: The Ravaging of Golden Bengal -- Printout -- TIME
Is Time an Indian newspaper ?
All this is not for your benefit as I know you will continue denying that a genocide was committed and all the evidence is a part of Indo-Bangla Conspiracy, but for any other member here who are still in doubt whether it was a Genocide or "Civil War".
Regards,
Drona

Here are some news bulletins:
YouTube - Liberation War of Bangladesh: NBC News Footage 1
YouTube - Liberation War of Bangladesh:News Footage 2
YouTube - Liberation War of Bangladesh:News Footage 3
And a news report in Time, that punctures your claim that the number of refugees was inflated:
Clearly, there were at least two sides to the conflict, and the U.S.'s blatant partiality toward Pakistan seemed both unreasonable and unwise. India has legitimate grievances: the cost of caring for 10 million refugees,$830 million by the end of March; the threat of large-scale communal turmoil in the politically volatile and hard-pressed state of West Bengal, where the bulk of the refugees have fled; the presence on Indian soil of large numbers of guerrillas who could become a militant force stirring up trouble among India's own dissatisfied masses; and finally, the prospect of a continued inflow of refugees so long as the civil war continues.
The World: East Pakistan: Even the Skies Weep - TIME
The World: The U.S.: A Policy in Shambles - TIME
And more: Pakistan: The Ravaging of Golden Bengal -- Printout -- TIME
The column pushing into India never ends, day or night. It has been four months since civil war broke out between East and West Pakistan, and the refugees still pour in. No one can count them precisely, but Indian officials, by projecting camp registrations, calculate that they come at the rate of 50,000 a day. Last week the estimated total passed the 7,500,000 mark. Should widespread famine hit East Pakistan, as now seems likely, India fears that the number may double before the exodus ends.
Perhaps because what they flee from is even worse. Each has his own horror story of rape, murder or other atrocity committed by the Pakistani army in its effort to crush the Bengali independence movement. One couple tells how soldiers took their two grown sons outside the house, bayoneted them in the stomach and refused to allow anyone to go near the bleeding boys, who died hours later. Another woman says that when the soldiers came to her door, she hid her children in her bed; but seeing them beneath the blanket, the soldiers opened fire, killing two and wounding another.
The Hindus, who account for three-fourths of the refugees and a majority of the dead, have borne the brunt of the Moslem military's hatred. Even now, Moslem soldiers in East Pakistan will snatch away a man's lungi (sarong) to see if he is circumcised, obligatory for Moslems; if he is not, it usually means death. Others are simply rounded up and shot. Commented one high U.S. official last week: "It is the most incredible, calculated thing since the days of the Nazis in Poland."
All this is not for your benefit as I know you will continue denying that a genocide was committed and all the evidence is a part of Indo-Bangla Conspiracy, but for any other member here who are still in doubt whether it was a Genocide or "Civil War".
Regards,
Drona




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