1971 Bangladesh war of independence

A child leads a street procession during the mass revolt of 1969 Photograph: Rashid Talukder/Autograph ABP

Students preparing for war in 1970 Photograph: Rashid Talukder/Autograph ABP

A soldier training camp, 1971 Photograph: Begart Institute

The artists' society with the letters Sha Dhi Na Ta – independence - protest at the postponement of the National Assembly meeting in March 1971 Photograph: Rashid Talukder/Autograph ABP

A Mukti Bahini fighter carries a comrade injured in the fight against the Pakistani army Photograph: Naib Uddin Ahmed/Autograph ABP

As well as modern weapons, primitive weaponry was also used as this 1971 photograph shows Photograph: Jalaluddin Hader/Autograph ABP

Chougacha, Jessore, after a military strike in 1971 Photograph: Mohammad Shafi/Autograph ABP

Soldiers smuggle grenades in a basket covered with water hyacinth, 1971 Photograph: Mohammad Shafi/Autograph ABP

A refugee camp at Barasat, Choudda Pargana, India, in 1971 Photograph: Abdul Hamid Raihan/Autograph ABP

One of the estimated 400,000 birangona, meaning 'brave women', who were raped during the war Photograph: Naib Uddin Ahmed/Autograph ABP

Two young boys are surrounded by spent rocket bombs in Jessore in 1971 Photograph: Abdul Hamid Raihan/Autograph ABP

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the independence movement leader who became the first prime minister of Bangladesh, on his return from imprisonment on January 10 1972 Photograph: Rashid Talukder/Autograph ABP