Genocide Remembrance Day গণহত্যা স্মরণ দিবস | |
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Observed by | Bangladesh Bangladeshi diaspora |
Type | National |
Significance | Commemoration of the Bangladesh genocide |
Date | 25 March |
Frequency | Annual |
First time | 2017[1][2] |
Genocide Remembrance Day (Bengali: গণহত্যা স্মরণ দিবস, romanized: Gaṇahatyā Smaraṇ Dibas) is a national day of remembrance in Bangladesh observed on 25 March in commemoration of the victims of the Bangladesh genocide during the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971.[2][3][4]
On 11 March 2017, the Jatiya Sangsad unanimously passed a resolution designating 25 March as a Genocide Remembrance Day.[5][6] The day honours and remembers those who suffered and died as a result of the actions of the Pakistan Army during Operation Searchlight, which initiated the Bangladesh Genocide culminating with the Independence of Bangladesh.[7][8][9][10]