BANGLADESH ARMED FORCES DAY March 25, 1971:   Dacca University students butchered -  Pakistan's military ruler, Gen Yahya Khan, ordered a crackdown on the liberation movement in the then East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) led by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Tikka Khan Khan was appointed chief martial law administrator of East Pakistan, now Bangladesh. Under Gen Tikka Khan's command, the military carried out a murderous assault on Dacca University, hotbed of the Bangladeshi liberation struggle, and the Mukti Bahini on the night of March 25, 1971, killing hundreds of youths.   The military carried out similar attacks in other parts of East Pakistan, killing thousands more.