Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Iwe were ndị Bengal mgbe a machibidoro Prime Minister a họpụtara ahọpụta bụ Sheikh Mujibur Rahman iwe iwe. Nnupụisi obodo malitere n'akụkụ nile nke East Pakistan, na-akpọ maka nnwere onwe. Mujib kwuru okwu na nnọkọ nnwere onwe nke ihe fọrọ nke nta ka ọ bụrụ nde mmadụ 2 na Dhaka (dịka a na-akpọ Dhaka n'asụsụ Bekee) na Machị 7, 1971, ebe ọ sịrị, "Oge a ọgụ bụ maka nnwere onwe anyị. Na nke ugbu a, anyị na-alụ ọgụ maka nnwere onwe anyị". E buliri ọkọlọtọ Bangladesh na nke mbụ ya na 23 Machị, ụbọchị Republic nke Pakistan. Ka oge na-aga, n'abalị iri abụọ na ise nke ọnwa Machị, ndị agha Pakistani nke Yahya Khan duziri bidoro mwakpo ndị agha na-aga n'ihu na East Pakistan n'okpuru aha nzuzo nke Operation Searchlight. Ndị agha Pakistan jidere Sheikh Mujibur Rahman ma buru ya gaa Karachi. Agbanyeghị, tupu ejide ya, Mujib kwupụtara nnwere onwe nke Bangladesh n'etiti abalị na 26 Machị nke mere ka Agha Mgbapụta Bangladesh gbapụ n'ime awa ole na ole. Ndị agha Pakistan gara n'ihu igbu ụmụ akwụkwọ Bengal, ndị ọgụgụ isi, ndị ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị, ndị ọrụ obodo na ndị agha na-agba ọsọ agha na mpaghara ahụ.
N'afọ 1971, ndị Bangladesh gburu ọtụtụ ndị, ebe ndị Mukti Bahini na ndị agha ndị ọzọ na-alụ ọgụ na Bengal mere ka e nwee nnukwu nguzogide na mba ahụ dum. N'oge agha ahụ, e gburu ihe dị ka nde mmadụ 0.3 ruo nde mmadụ 3 ma ọtụtụ nde ndị ọzọ gbabara n'obodo India dị ha nso. Echiche ọha na eze zuru ụwa ọnụ tụgharịrị megide Pakistan ka akụkọ banyere arụrụala ahụ gbasaa; ndị ndọrọndọrọ ọchịchị na omenala ndị ama ama na West, gụnyere Ted Kennedy, George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Victoria Ocampo na André Malraux kwadoro mmegharị Bangladesh. Emere egwu maka Bangladesh na Madison Square Garden na New York City iji nweta ego maka ndị gbara ọsọ ndụ Bangladesh. Nnukwu egwu egwu mbụ n'akụkọ ihe mere eme, Harrison na Indian Bengali sitarist Ravi Shankar haziri ya.