About 10 million bengalis fled to india in 1971 .

1971年1000万孟加拉人逃往印度。

Bangladesh is ethnically homogenous , with bengalis comprising 98 % of the population , the rest belonging to the tribal people .

孟加拉是单一民族国家，孟加拉人占了总人口的98%，其余都是些小部落。

His only reply to a telegram reporting how many bengalis were perishing was to ask " why gandhi hadn 't died yet . "

在回复一封报告孟加拉死亡人数的电报时，他只问了一句“为何甘地还没死。”

Virtually the entire bengali intelligentsia was eliminated . More than ten million bengalis fled to india , which backed the liberation war , with support from the soviet union .

事实上，所有孟加拉知识分子是遭排斥的，一千万孟加拉人逃亡到印度，在苏联的帮助下支持解放战争。