Photos from 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War

1969: The Jinnah Avenue, now known as Bangabandhu Avenue, during a strike or hartaal

On 6th December 1971, as India acknowledges Bangladesh as an independent state, Bangladeshis in Kolkata bring out a large victory procession

The Palbari area of Jessore, destroyed by bombing

Female Students on the streets during the non-coperation movement of 1970

Bangabandhu held a press conference at his 32, Dhanmondi residence. Dhaka, East Pakistan. March 1971

This picture is of two non-bengali members of
Lalbagh Shanti committee are ridiculed

A street child or Tokai leading a procession during the mass revolt of 1969. Dhaka, East Pakistan.

                        The field in front of Jessore Degree College was used as killing ground