Top 10 of the most deadly leaders in history

Yahya Khan–3 Million

Yahya Khan served as Pakistan’s third president from 1969 to 1971, having previously and concurrently served as the Commander in Chief of the Pakistan Army. While he didn’t do it on his own, Khan was the principal architect of the 1971 Bangladesh genocide. The genocide resulted in the deaths of some three million Bengals living in East Pakistan, which is now Bangladesh. The conflict arose due to an ongoing movement for Bengali independence, which Khan brutally opposed. The Bangladesh genocide lasted from March until December 1971 and was the result of a large-scale military escalation by Pakistan. The Pakistani army and pro-Pakistani militias killed, raped, and brutalized an unknown number of people, with estimates ranging from between 500,000 and three million in total.