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#TodayInHistory Pakistani Army massacres more than 200 Bengali Hindus at Bagbati in Sirajganj sub-division of Pabna district. Another of the ghastly massacres of East Pakistan in 1971. 
When Pakistan Army occupied Sirajganj under Operation Searchlight, the Bengali Hindus took refuge in the nearby villages of which Bagbati was one. Just one day before a meeting was held between the Razakars and the Peace Comittee
The so called Peace Committee or the Nagorik Shanti Comittee, was a front of the Pakistani Army, to crush the revolt in East Pakistan, and act against the Mukti Bahini. Along with the Razakars, they were one of the most dreaded units during the occupation.
On the early morning of May 27, 1971, the Pakistani Army, Al Badr the Razakars and the Peace Comittee surrounded the village of Bagbati. Al Badr was another dreaded paramilitary outfit, that like the Razakars carried out the killings of Hindus.
The Al Badr was made up of Bihari Muslims, and one of their most notorious acts was the massacre of intellectuals in Dhaka University on December 14. Trained by Muhammad Kamaruzzaman, a Jamaati member.
The Al Badr, Pakistani Army, Razakars,Peace Comittee indiscriminately began to fire, and over 200 Bengali Hindus were dead. Homes were burnt, the women were raped. The dead bodies were dumped in wells.
Bagbati today stands mute testimony to the brutality of the Pakistani Army and their Razakar collaborators in East Pakistan. Never ever forget what they did to the Bengali Hindus.
Someone needs to do a 1971 story or Bangladesh files on the massacres Bengali Hindus suffered at hands of Pakistan army. The stories are just heart rending.
Hindus in Bengal had to face the worst in 1947 and 1971. Almost every other family there has rather painful memories of both the years, not to mention what the Left Front did at Marchijhapi. It was like from the frying pan into the fire.
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