Refugees stream across the River Ganges Delta at Kushtia, fleeing the violence in East Pakistan during the ongoing West Pakistani military campaign called Operation Searchlight. (AP Photo/Michel Laurent)
Bengali Refugees in India, 1971 by Bruno Barbey. মুক্তিযুদ্ধ ই-আর্কাইভ ট্রাস্ট. Creative Commons.
Bengali Refugees 1971 photographed by Raghu Rai.
Refugees in a makeshift camp at Bongaon, fleeing fighting on the border between India and Pakistan during the Bangladesh Liberation War, 26th June 1971. (Photo by Mark Edwards/Keystone Features/Getty Images)
View of a line of women and children lining up together as they shelter from monsoon rain in a refugee camp in East Pakistan during the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971. (Photo by Rolls Press/Popperfoto via Getty Images/Getty Images)
Interviews a Refugee. West Bengal Providence, India: Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.) interviews a starving refugee at the Manuagach camp here during his tour of camps from East Pakistani refugees. A nutrition expert accompanying Kennedy said hundreds of children were in danger of dying within a few days as a result of diet deficiencies, incompetent medical treatment and ignorance. (Bettmann/Gettyimage)
A malnourished refugee child from Bangladesh lies on the ground at a shabby camp in India. Raghu Rai/Magnum Photos
BANGAON, INDIA - MAY 20: East Pakistan refugees are seen at a refugee camp as the Bangladesh Liberation War continues on May 20, 1971 in Bangaon, India. (Photo by The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images)
BANGAON, INDIA - MAY 20: A boy pours water onto his younger brother's head as he has fever at a refugee camp as the Bangladesh Liberation War continues on May 20, 1971 in Bangaon, India. (Photo by The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images)
BANGAON, INDIA - MAY 20: East Pakistan refugees gather for food supply at a refugee camp as the Bangladesh Liberation War continues on May 20, 1971 in Bangaon, India. (Photo by The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images)