Makalkandi massacre
Makalkandi massacre (Bengali: মাকালকান্দি হত্যাকান্ড) was a massacre of over 40 Bengali Hindus of the Makalkandi village in the Habiganj Sub-division of undivided Sylhet district of East Pakistan by the Pakistani army on 18 August 1971. == Background == Makalkandi village is located in the Baniachang Upazila of Habiganj District of Sylhet Division in present-day Bangladesh.