Genocide Remembrance Day (Bangladesh)
| Genocide Remembrance Day গণহত্যা স্মরণ দিবস | |
|---|---|
| Observed by | Bangladesh Bangladeshi diaspora |
| Type | National |
| Significance | Commemoration of the Bangladesh genocide |
| Date | 25 March |
| Frequency | Annual |
| First time | 2017 |
Genocide Remembrance Day (Bengali: গণহত্যা স্মরণ দিবস, romanized: Gôṇôhôtyā Smôrôṇ Dibôs) is a national day of remembrance in Bangladesh observed on 25 March in commemoration of the victims of the Bangladesh genocide during the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971.
On 11 March 2017, the Jatiya Sangsad unanimously passed a resolution designating 25 March as a Genocide Remembrance Day. The day honours and remembers those who suffered and died as a result of the actions of the Pakistan Army during Operation Searchlight, which initiated the Bangladesh Genocide culminating with the Independence of Bangladesh.