Bangladesh
Genocide Day Today is dark 25 March, Genocide Day
Dhaka, March 25: Today is 25 March, Gendddocide Day. At the end of this day in 1971, a terrible night came in the life of the Bengali nation. At midnight on this day, the barbaric Pakistani invasion forces armed with sophisticated weapons attacked the unarmed Bengalis all over the country, including the capital Dhaka, with the heinous aim of silencing the voice of the Bengali nation forever, according to their pre-planned Operation Search Light blueprint.
On March 25, 1971, the Pakistani invasion forces started the genocide in an attempt to wipe out the Bengali desire for independence. Then came the independence of Bangladesh through nine months of armed war. Operation Searchlight was the name of Operation Searchlight, which was carried out by the Pakistani military to wipe out the Bengali nation on the night of March 25, 1971.
Two Pakistani military officers, Major General Khadim Hussain Raja and Major General Rao Farman Ali, made the guidelines for this operation. No written record of instructions was kept. The whole order of mass killing was communicated orally to the formation commander or the concerned persons. Much later, in 2012, Major General Khadim Hussain Raza published his autobiography titled 'A Stranger in My Own Country'. The autobiography, published by Oxford University Press, revealed for the first time some information about Operation Searchlight.
Reminiscing about how Operation Searchlight was planned in 1971, Raja wrote, "March 17, around 10 am. Tikka Khan sent word to me and Major General Farman to meet him at the Command House. After getting the news we both met Tikka Khan. Go and see, General Abdul Hamid Khan is also there. Tikka Khan told us that Sheikh Mujib's reconciliation talks with the President are not moving in a positive direction. The President wants us to prepare for military operations and make a plan accordingly."
