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One of the disputed areas was a small sliver of land near the village of Padua (also known as Pyrdiwah), on the border between Bangladesh and the Indian state of Meghalaya, [15] which was used by Indian security forces during the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War to train ethnic Bengali guerrillas known as the Mukti Bahini, who were fighting the Pakistan Army and pro-Pakistan loyalist militias.
Conflict Combatants Disputed Territory Fatalities 2000: 2006: 2000–2006 Shebaa Farms conflict Israel v. Lebanon: Shebaa farms: 30 2001: 2001: 2001 Bangladesh–India border clashes Bangladesh v. India: Bangladesh–India border region: 20 2001: 2002: 2001–2002 India–Pakistan standoff India v. Pakistan: Kashmir: 789–1,874 2002: 2002 ...
Conflict Bangladesh and allied forces Opposition forces Results; Bangladeshi War of Independence (1971) Location: Bangladesh, Pakistan and Bay of Bengal. A Mukti Bahini 3.7 inch howitzer used during the war: Bangladesh India (3–16 December 1971) Soviet Union Pakistan United States: Victory. Independence of Bangladesh; Internal conflict in ...
Bangladesh has ramped up vigilance at its border with Myanmar, with at least 18,000 Rohingya Muslims crossing over in recent months to escape escalating violence in Myanmar's western Rakhine state ...
At least 264 Myanmar border guards and police, some of them wounded, have fled to Bangladesh over the last few days, Shariful Islam, a spokesman for Bangladesh's Border Guard said on Tuesday.
G. M. Mushfiqur Rahman, a lieutenant in the Bangladesh Army posted in 1 Field Artillery Regiment of Bangladesh Army in Chittagong Hill Tracts. On 8 September 1989, he led a 17-member team of Bangladesh Army soldiers and attacked a Shanti Bahini camp. Lieutenant Rahman was injured during the clash and died on that day at 8:15 am.
Early on Thursday, about 300 Bangladeshis had assembled at a border point near India's Jalpaiguri district but dispersed later. Indian media showed Indian border troops around a group of people there.
Benapole–Petrapole border ceremony at the India-Bangladesh border crossing site is a beating retreat flag ceremony jointly held by the military of both nations every day at 6 pm, which is open to the public as tourist attractions. [59] [60] No special permit or ticket is needed. India has similar border ceremonies with other nations.