Back অপারেশন ড্রাগন কিং Bengali/Bangla Operazione Dragon King Italian နဂါးမင်း စစ်ဆင်ရေး Burmese Operação Dragão Rei Portuguese 龍王行動 Chinese
| Operation Dragon King | |
|---|---|
| Part of the Rohingya conflict | |
 Rohingya villagers rounded up by Burmese soldiers and immigration officials | |
| Planned by | Socialist government of Ne Win |
| Objective |
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| Date | 6 February – 31 July 1978 (5 months, 3 weeks and 4 days) |
| Executed by | Tatmadaw, Burmese immigration officials |
| Outcome | Massive humanitarian crisis in neighbouring Bangladesh |
| Casualties | 200,000[1]–250,000[2] fled to Bangladesh (180,000 later repatriated)[2] |
Operation Dragon King (Burmese: နဂါးမင်း စစ်ဆင်ရေး), officially known as Operation Nagamin, was a military operation carried in 1978 out by the Tatmadaw and immigration officials in northern Arakan, Burma (present-day Rakhine State, Myanmar), during the socialist rule of Ne Win.[3]
- ^ "Burma/Bangladesh: Burmese Refugees In Bangladesh - Historical Background". www.hrw.org. Human Rights Watch. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
- ^ a b Skutsch, Carl (7 November 2013). Encyclopedia of the World's Minorities. Routledge. p. 128. ISBN 9781135193881. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
- ^ Constantine, Greg (18 September 2012). "Bangladesh: The Plight of the Rohingya". Pulitzer Center. Retrieved 22 March 2018.