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Detailed explanation-1: -The foreign minister made the remark through a video message at a seminar titled, “Remember and Recognize: The Case of Bangladesh Genocide of 1971 ”, which was held at the Human Rights Museum, Winnipeg in Canada on Wednesday, according to a press release received in Dhaka.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Bangladesh genocide began on 25 March 1971 with the launch of Operation Searchlight, as the government of Pakistan, dominated by West Pakistan, began a military crackdown on East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) to suppress Bengali calls for self-determination.

Detailed explanation-3: -The date 25 March commemorates Operation Searchlight, a planned military pacification carried out by the Pakistan Army, started on 25 March to curb the Bengali independence movement by taking control of the major cities on 26 March, and then eliminating all opposition, political or military, within one month.

Detailed explanation-4: -India was the first country to recognize Bangladesh as a separate and independent state and established diplomatic relations with the country immediately after its independence in December 1971.

Detailed explanation-5: -During the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War, members of the Pakistani military and Razakars raped between 200, 000 and 400, 000 Bangladeshi women and girls in a systematic campaign of genocidal rape. Most of the rape victims of the Pakistani Army and its allies were Bangladeshi women.