Independence of Bangladesh
In 1971, the Bangladesh Liberation War broke out between East and West Pakistan. The Biharis sided with West Pakistan, viewing the Bengali struggle as an illegitimate rebellion against the then-Pakistani government. During the nine-month-long Bangladesh Liberation War they were active as local collaborators of Pakistan Army and made lots of armed groups like Razakars, Al-Badr and Al-Shams, is held responsible for conducting a mass killing campaign against Bengali nationalists, civilians, religious and ethnic minorities (known as 1971 Bangladesh genocide). With covert and later overt support from India, East Pakistan became the independent state of Bangladesh. During the war, the Bengalis made "many attacks on the Bihari community as they were seen as symbols of Pakistani domination."
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