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Pakisthan- Bangladesh war was a revolution and armed conflict sparked by the rise of the Bengali nationalist and self-determination movement in what was then East Pakistan during the 1971 Bangladesh genocide. It resulted in the independence of the People's Republic of Bangladesh. The war began after the Pakistani military junta based in West Pakistan launched Operation Searchlight against the people of East Pakistan on the night of 25 March 1971. It pursued the systematic elimination of nationalist Bengali civilians, students, intelligentsia, religious minorities and armed personnel. The junta annulled the results of the 1970 elections and arrested Prime minister-designate Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. The war ended on 16 December 1971 after West Pakistan surrendered.

Date	26 March 1971 – 16 December 1971 Location East Pakistan (In modern times, Bangladesh) India-East Pakistan border, the Bay of Bengal, the Pasha enclave, parts of East India. Result Indian victory [2][3][4]

Surrender of Eastern Command of Pakistan Establishment of the sovereignty of Bangladesh Territorial changes	Independence of East Pakistan from Pakistan as the sovereign People's Republic of Bangladesh Belligerents Provisional Government of Bangladesh

Mukti Bahini India

Indian Armed Forces (3–16 December 1971) Pakistan

Govt. of East Pakistan Pakistan Armed Forces Paramilitary forces: Jamaat-e-Islami Nagorik Shanti Committee Razakars Al-Badr Al-Shams Commanders and leaders Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (President of Provisional Government of Bangladesh) Tajuddin Ahmad (Prime Minister of Provisional Government of Bangladesh) M. A. G. Osmani (Cdr-in-C, Bangladesh Forces) Maj. K.M. Shafiullah (Commander, S Force) Maj. Ziaur Rahman (Commander, Z Force) Maj. Khaled Mosharraf (Commander, K Force) Gp Capt. A. K. Khandker (Second-in-Command, Bangladesh Forces)

V. V. Giri (President of India) Indira Gandhi (Prime Minister of India) Gen Sam Manekshaw (Chief of Army Staff) Lt Gen J.S. Arora (GOC-in-C, Eastern Command) Lt Gen Sagat Singh (GOC-in-C, IV Corps) Maj Gen Inderjit Singh Gill (Dir., Military Operations) Maj Gen Om Malhotra (COS, IV Corps) Maj.Gen Farj R. Jacob (COS, Eastern Command) Maj.Gen Shabeg Singh (Cdr Training of MB) V.Adm Nilakanta Krishnan (FOC-in-C, Eastern Naval Command) AM Hari Chand Dewan (AOC-in-C, Eastern Air Command) Yahya Khan (President of Pakistan) Nurul Amin (Prime Minister of Pakistan) Gen. A.H. Khan (Chief of Staff, Army GHQ) Lt-Gen A.A.K. Niazi Surrendered (Commander, Eastern Command) Maj-Gen Rao Farman Ali Surrendered (Mil.Adv., Govt. EPk) Flag of the Pakistani Army.svg Maj-Gen Khadim Hussain Surrendered (GOC, 14th Infantry Division) R-Adm Moh'd Shariff Surrendered (Cdr, Eastern Naval Command) Capt. Ahmad Zamir Surrendered (CO, Pakistan Marines East) Cdr Zafar Muhammad † (CO, PNS Ghazi) Air Cdre Inamul Haque Surrendered (AOC, Eastern Air Command) Air Cdre Mitty Masud (AOC, Eastern Air Cmnd. (1969–71))

Abdul Motaleb Malik (Governor of East Pakistan) Ghulam Azam (Chair, Nagorik Shanti Committee) Motiur Rahman Nizami (Emir of Jamaat-e-Islami) Abdul Quader Molla (Leader, Al-Badr) Abul Kalam Azad (Leader, Razakar) Fazlul Qadir Chaudhry (Leader, Al-Shams) Strength 175,000[5][6] 250,000[5] ~365,000 regular troops (~97,000+ in East Pakistan)[5] ~25,000 militiamen[7] Casualties and losses ~30,000 killed[8][9] 1,426–1,525 killed[10] 3,611–4,061 wounded[10] ~8,000 killed ~10,000 wounded 90,000—93,000 captured[11] (including 79,676 troops and 10,324—12,192 local militiamen)[10][12][13] Civilian deaths:[9] Estimates range between 300,000 and 3 million. Rural and urban areas across East Pakistan saw extensive military operations and air strikes to suppress the tide of civil disobedience that formed following the 1970 election stalemate. The Pakistan Army, which had the backing of Islamists, created radical religious militias – the Razakars, Al-Badr and Al-Shams – to assist it during raids on the local populace.[16][17][18][19][20] Urdu-speaking Biharis in Bangladesh (ethnic minority) were also in support of Pakistani military. Members of the Pakistani military and supporting militias engaged in mass murder, deportation and genocidal rape. The capital Dhaka was the scene of numerous massacres, including Operation Searchlight and the Dhaka University massacre. An estimated 10 million Bengali refugees fled to neighbouring India, while 30 million were internally displaced.[21] Sectarian violence broke out between Bengalis and Urdu-speaking immigrants. An academic consensus prevails that the atrocities committed by the Pakistani military were a genocide.

The Bangladeshi Declaration of Independence was proclaimed from Chittagong by members of the Mukti Bahini – the national liberation army formed by Bengali military, paramilitary and civilians. The East Bengal Regiment and the East Pakistan Rifles played a crucial role in the resistance. Led by General M. A. G. Osmani and eleven sector commanders, the Bangladesh Forces waged a mass guerrilla war against the Pakistani military. They liberated numerous towns and cities in the initial months of the conflict. The Pakistan Army regained momentum in the monsoon. Bengali guerrillas carried out widespread sabotage, including Operation Jackpot against the Pakistan Navy. The nascent Bangladesh Air Force flew sorties against Pakistani military bases. By November, the Bangladesh forces restricted the Pakistani military to its barracks during the night. They secured control of most parts of the countryside.[22]

The Provisional Government of Bangladesh was formed on 17 April 1971 in Mujibnagar and moved to Calcutta as a government in exile. Bengali members of the Pakistani civil, military and diplomatic corps defected to the Bangladeshi provisional government. Thousands of Bengali families were interned in West Pakistan, from where many escaped to Afghanistan. Bengali cultural activists operated the clandestine Free Bengal Radio Station. The plight of millions of war-ravaged Bengali civilians caused worldwide outrage and alarm. India, which was led by Indira Gandhi, provided substantial diplomatic, economic and military support to Bangladeshi nationalists. British, Indian and American musicians organised the world's first benefit concert in New York City to support the Bangladeshi people. Senator Ted Kennedy in the United States led a congressional campaign for an end to Pakistani military persecution; while U.S. diplomats in East Pakistan strongly dissented with the Nixon administration's close ties to the Pakistani military dictator Yahya Khan.

India joined the war on 3 December 1971, after Pakistan launched preemptive air strikes on North India. The subsequent Indo-Pakistani War witnessed engagements on two war fronts. With air supremacy achieved in the eastern theatre and the rapid advance of the Allied Forces of Bangladesh and India, Pakistan surrendered in Dacca on 16 December 1971.

The war changed the geopolitical landscape of South Asia, with the emergence of Bangladesh as the seventh-most populous country in the world. Due to complex regional alliances, the war was a major episode in Cold War tensions involving the United States, the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China. The majority of member states in the United Nations recognised Bangladesh as a sovereign nation in 1972.