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INDO-PAK WAR of
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Date-wise Events |
- March 07, 1971: Sheikh
Mujibur Rahman declared that, "The current struggle is a
struggle for independence", in a public meeting attended by
almost a million people in Dhaka.
- March 25, 1971: After
several days of strikes and non-co-operation movements, the
Pakistani military cracked down on Dhaka on the night of of
this day. Sheikh Mujibur Rehman of the Awami League was
arrested by Paki forces and taken to West Pakistan.
- March 26, 1971: East
Pakistan had officially seceded from Pakistan on this day,
when a major in the army declared independence of Bangladesh
on behalf of Mujibur Rehman.
- March 27, 1971: Prime
Minister Indira Gandhi expressed full support of her
government for the independence struggle of the people of
East Pakistan.
- April 17, 1971: Exiled
leaders of Awami League formed a provisional government.
- April 28, 1971: On this
day, General Manekshaw (Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff
Committee) was asked to go into East Pakistan. Exiled East
Pakistan army officers and members of the Indian
Intelligence immediately started using the Indian refugee
camps for recruitment and training of Mukti Bahini
guerrillas.
- November 23, 1971: On this
day, Yahya Khan declared a state of emergency in all of
Pakistan and told his people to prepare for war.
- December 03, 1971: The war
began with Operation Chengiz Khan, Pakistani air attacks on
11 Indian airbases on this day.
- December 04-05, 1971:
Indian Navy attacked Karachi's port on the night of 4–5
December, using missile boats, sinking Pakistani destroyer
PNS Khyber and minesweeper PNS Muhafiz; besides other huge
losses.
- December 06, 1971: India
recognized East Pakistan as Bangladesh. Pakistan broke the
diplomatic relations with India on this day, soon after
India's recognition of Bangladesh as an independent
sovereign country.
- December 08-09, 1971: On
the night of 8–9 December, the Indian missile boats attacked
the Karachi port, resulting in further destruction of
reserve fuel tanks and the sinking of three Pakistani
merchant ships.
- December 09, 1971:
Pakistani submarine PNS Hangor sank the Indian frigate INS
Khukri in the Arabian Sea, resulting in a loss of 18
officers and 176 sailors.
- December 14, 1971: Being on
the brink of defeat, the Pakistani Army systematically
killed a large number of Bengali doctors, teachers and
intellectuals, etc. killing over a million of innocent
people
- December 16, 1971:
Lieutenant-General A. A. K. Niazi, supreme commander of
Pakistani Army in East Pakistan, surrendered to the Allied
Forces (Mitro Bahini) represented by Lieutenant General
Jagjit Singh Arora of Indian Army at the surrender. India
and Bangladesh gain victory.
- January 10, 1972: SHEIKH
MUJIBUR RAHMAN returned to the newly independent
Bangladesh as its President after spending over nine months
in prison in Pakistan.
- January 12, 1972: Sheikh
MUjibur Rehman came to Power as President of Bangladesh.
- July 02, 1972: About 90,000
Pakistani prisoners of war (POWs) were released by India
only after the negotiation and signing of the Simla
Agreement on this day.
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Description |
- It was a confrontation between India and Pakistan during
the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971.
- About 93,000 Pakistanis were taken prisoner by the
Indian Army which included about 81,000 uniformed personnel
of Pakistan Armed Forces.
- As a result of the conflict, a further eight to ten
million people fled the country at the time to seek refuge
in neighbouring India.
- The United States supported Pakistan both politically
and materially.
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