Event Indo-Pakistani War of 1971

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Was a war between India and Pakistan that occurred during the Bangladesh Liberation War in East Pakistan from 3 December 1971 until the Pakistani capitulation in Dhaka on 16 December 1971.

Chronology

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1. Bangladesh Liberation War

Was the war of independence of Bangladesh (at the time known as East Pakistan) against Pakistan.

  • December 1971: Battle of Longewala.
  • December 1971: Battle of Kushtia.
  • December 1971: Indian and Bangladeshi rebels successfully liberated the territories of Hilli, Mymenshingh, Kushtia, and Noakhali from Pakistani control.
  • December 1971: Indian and Bangladeshi rebels successfully liberated the territories of Hilli, Mymenshingh, Kushtia, and Noakhali from Pakistani control.
  • December 1971: Battle of Longewala.
  • December 1971: Battle of Longewala.
  • December 1971: Mitro Bahini takes Dhaka. East Pakistan Army surrenders to Mitro Bahini represented by Jagjit Singh Aurora of the Indian Army faction of the military coalition. Independence of East Pakistan as Bangladesh.
  • December 1971: Tterritory of Laksham being freed from Pakistani occupation and later integrated into Bangladesh.
  • December 1971: Bangladeshi rebels successfully liberated Bogra from Pakistani forces.
  • December 1971: Battle of Longewala.
  • November 1971: Battle of Garibpur.
  • December 1971: Mitro Bahini takes Dhaka. East Pakistan Army surrenders to Mitro Bahini represented by Jagjit Singh Aurora of the Indian Army faction of the military coalition. Independence of East Pakistan as Bangladesh.
  • December 1971: Bangladeshi rebels successfully liberated Bogra from Pakistani forces.
  • December 1971: Defence of Kamalpur.
  • December 1971: Battle of Kushtia.
  • December 1971: Tterritory of Laksham being freed from Pakistani occupation and later integrated into Bangladesh.
  • December 1971: Battle of Gazipur.
  • December 1971: Battle of Sylhet.

2. Punjab Front

Was the theatre of war in Punjab during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.

  • December 1971: Battle of Basantar.
  • December 1971: Battle of Basantar.

2.1. Simla Agreement

Was a peace treaty between India and Pakistan that ended the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.

  • July 1972: The lands in West Pakistan occupied by India were returned in the 1972 Simla Agreement, as a gesture of goodwill.