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Bangladesh Liberation War

conflict that led to the independence of the majority-Bengali country
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Bangladesh Liberation War
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Summary

Bangladesh Liberation War is a war[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of war entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,130 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: Bangladesh[3]
  • Maintained by: Sheikh Mujibur Rahman[4], Tajuddin Ahmad[5], M. A. G. Osmani[6], K M Shafiullah[7], Khaled Mosharraf[8], Sam Manekshaw[9], Jagjit Singh Aurora[10], A. K. Khandker[11], Ziaur Rahman[12]
  • Location: East Pakistan[13]
  • Part of: Cold War[14]
  • Commons category: Bangladesh Liberation War[15]
  • Has part(s): Indo-Pakistani War of 1971[16]
  • Start time: March 26, 1971[17]
  • End time: December 16, 1971[18]
  • Participant: Provisional Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh[19], India[20], Pakistan[21], Soviet Union[22], United States[23]
  • Has cause: Bangladesh[24]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Bangladesh Liberation War[25]
  • Number of deaths: 3,000,000[26]
  • Depicted by: Artistic depictions of Bangladesh Liberation War[27]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[28]

Why It Matters

Bangladesh Liberation War has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] It is known by 57 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

Related Entities

Bangladesh India Pakistan Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Tajuddin Ahmad United States Ziaur Rahman

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  15. [17] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9w ago · Bouzinac · 2026-08-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has part(s) → Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Has part(s): Jathibhanga massacre, using [[User:Frettie/consistency check add.js]]"
  2. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Number of deaths → {'amount': '+3000000'}
    Part of → —
    Country → Bangladesh
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    + 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007282294705171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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