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This is a list of battles and wars that involved or occurred in Bangladesh throughout different periods of history. Some of the battles and wars occurred when the modern area of Bangladesh was under different empires, especially the Mughal Empire and the British Empire, and the Bengalis served in both the Mughal and the British militaries.
The battle of Haldighati was fought on 18 June 1576 [a] between the Mewar forces led by Maharana Pratap, and the Mughal forces led by Man Singh I of Amber.The Mughals emerged victorious after inflicting significant casualties on Mewari forces, though they failed to capture Pratap, who reluctantly retreated persuaded by his fellow commanders.
Then the battle took place between the combined forces of the Mughals and the Karranis in Rajmahal on 12 July 1576. Daud Khan, Junaid, Kalapahar and Qutlu Khan led the middle, left, right and front of the army respectively.
Amid the Bangladesh Liberation War and a genocide by West Pakistan in 1971, the Bangladeshi military was formed by defecting regiments in East Pakistan, led by the East Bengal Regiment. The guerrilla Mukti Bahini played an important role during the war of independence.
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The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) is a war crimes tribunal in Bangladesh set up in 2009 to investigate and prosecute suspects for the genocide committed in 1971 by the Pakistan Army and their local collaborators, Razakars, Al-Badr and Al-Shams during the Bangladesh Liberation War. [201]
The Swadhinata Stambha (Independence Monument) memorial is built on an area of 67 acres (0.27 km 2), designed to honour the fallen soldiers of the Liberation War and includes murals depicting the history of the war and the struggle for freedom from 1948 to 1971. [7] The main attraction is a 150-foot glass tower. [6]
Ruins of an ancient temple dating back to the 2nd century have been discovered in Donar, Manirampur. [2] By the fifth century, the Jessore region came under the control of the Vanga kingdom. Alexander Cunningham suggests that Jessore was the capital of the Buddhist Samatata kingdom, which Xuanzang of Tang China visited in the 630s and mentioned ...