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GUESTLIST 2018 / ISSUE 106 13 GUESTLIST It's the 1970s in the UK, the sixties had been swung, the economy was up, and fashion was tight yet flared both at the same time. On the other side of the world, however, it was a different story. A TRAGEDY THAT CAN NEVER BE FORGOTTEN, THE BENGALI GENOCIDE THAT KILLED 3 MILLION BAD HISTORY In 1971 up to 3,000,000 people were murdered and an estimated minimum of 200,000 people raped in a bigoted bid to make a country ethically "pure". The genocide began way back in 1947 as a political and racial divide in the country of Pakistan, due to the division of British India which led to two independent states forming, Pakistan and India. Those in the West of Pakistan viewed those in the East as "impure" or "too Bengali", creating a reign of hatred and violence that would span for several decades. Demographically, the Bengali people were the majority of the population within Pakistan and most of those were also Muslim. These people were seen and treated as second-class citizens with even the leader of the country referring to them as "low-lying people". The following year, Urdu was declared as the national language of Pakistan, despite only 4% of the population speaking it, which sparked outrage. From 1952, demonstrations began in the capital of the Eastern side of the country, Dhaka and the forcible breaking up of the protests lead to the deaths of many citizens. This was just the start of the killing. In the following years, the East was dealt more betrayal from the government using them as a willing sacrifice in order to gain the now Indian Province of Kashmir. Finally, in 1970, the first democratic general election in Pakistan saw an Eastern party win most of the votes, however, the government in the west prevented the party from gaining power and declared martial law. They destroyed a temple and killed 85 Hindus. The western leader General Yahya Khan declared his plan to kill 3 million Bengalis to try and make the East submit to his rule. This was just 4 months after the election. It was here, in early 1971, that 3 million cold-blooded murders occurred amongst the Bengali people. The destruction came in waves, first it was the intellectuals and students, then it was the 200,000 women that were brutally raped. Witnesses made claims of 'Rape Camps', where victims included young women and children. An estimated 30 million people are thought to have run away to other countries to escape the violence but even today, Pakistan does not accept responsibility over what happened in the country that is known as Bangladesh today.