Human toll (short, vivid) Cities emptied of normal life; villages filled with refugees and corpses. Stories of midnight raids, mothers searching for missing sons, and columned trains carrying the wounded became everyday images — human costs far beyond any political ledger.
In 1966, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, a charismatic Bengali leader, put forth the Six Points Demand, which called for greater autonomy and economic rights for East Pakistan. The demands were seen as a threat by the West Pakistani establishment, which responded with force, leading to widespread protests and arrests. The situation escalated in 1968, when a series of student-led protests and demonstrations broke out in Dhaka, the capital of East Pakistan. Human toll (short, vivid) Cities emptied of normal
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