Bangladesh: Female Mukti Bahini guerillas armed with rifles, Dhaka, 1971

The Mukti Bahini (Bengali: 'Liberation Army') was the guerrilla and regular armed forces of Bangladesh during the 1971 Liberation War against Pakistan.

It comprised defecting Bengali regiments from the Pakistani military, paramilitary and police, as well as thousands of Bengali civilians, particularly students and political activists. Its members are known in Bangladesh as Freedom Fighters.

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