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The Pakistan Army's violent crackdown [31] led to Awami League leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman declaring East Pakistan's independence as the state of Bangladesh on 26 March 1971. [32] Most Bengalis supported this move, although some Islamists and Biharis opposed it and sided with the Pakistan Army instead.
On 25 March 1971, the Pakistani military, supported by paramilitary units, launched the military operation to pacify the insurgent-held areas of East Pakistan, which led to a prolonged conflict with the Bengali Mukti Bahini. [1] Although conventional in nature during March–May 1971, it soon turned into a guerrilla insurgency from June of that ...
The Indian Army, on the other hand, was aided by East Pakistan's Mukti Bahini (Liberation Force), the freedom fighters who managed to keep the Pakistan Army at bay in many areas. On 16 December 1971, the Pakistan army wing in East Pakistan led by Niazi surrendered and Bangladesh was liberated.
East Pakistan was the eastern province of Pakistan between 1955 and 1971, restructured and renamed from the province of East Bengal and covering the territory of the modern country of Bangladesh. Its land borders were with India and Burma , with a coastline on the Bay of Bengal .
Date: 26 March 1971 16 December 1971 (): Duration: c. 1948 – 16 December 1971 (23 years, 11 months and 15 days) Location: East Pakistan (today Bangladesh): Outcome: Independence of Bangladesh; secession of East Pakistan from Pakistan
Indo-Pakistani war of 1971 Part of the Indo-Pakistani wars and conflicts, Cold War, and Bangladesh Liberation War First row: Lt-Gen. A.A.K. Niazi, the Cdr. of Pakistani Eastern Comnd., signing the documented Instrument of Surrender in Dacca in the presence of Lt. Gen. Jagjit Singh Aurora (GOC-in-C of Indian Eastern Comnd.). Surojit Sen of All India Radio is seen holding a microphone on the ...
The surrender ceremony took place at the Ramna Race Course in Dacca, East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), on 16 December 1971: A. A. K. Niazi of the Pakistan Army formally surrendered to Jagjit Singh Aurora, an Indian Army officer and joint commander of the Bangladesh Forces. A. K.
East Pakistan: 1955 – 1971 CE 1964 East Pakistan riots: 1964 CE Indo-Pakistani War of 1965: 1965 CE Six Point Movement: 1966 CE East Pakistan Uprising: 1969 CE Pakistani general election: 1970 CE Non-cooperation : 1971 CE: Bangladesh Liberation War: 1971 CE Independence Declaration: 1971 CE