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Bangladeshi War of Independence

Bangladesh Liberation War
মুক্তিযুদ্ধ Muktijuddho
BangladeshLiberationWarMontage.jpg
Clockwise from top left: Martyred Intellectuals Memorial, Bangladesh Forces howitzer, Surrender of Pakistan to Indian and Bangladesh forces, The sunken PNS Ghazi.
Date 26 March 1971 – 16 December 1971
Location East Pakistan
(In modern times, Bangladesh)
Result

Decisive Indian and Bangladeshi victory

Territorial
changes
Independence of East Pakistan from Pakistan as a sovereign Peoples' Republic of Bangladesh
Belligerents

Bangladesh Bangladesh


 India

 Pakistan


Commanders and leaders

Bangladesh Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
(President of Provisional Government of Bangladesh)
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)


India V. V. Giri
(President of India)
India Indira Gandhi
(Prime Minister of India)
India Swaran Singh
(External Minister of India)
Flag of Indian Army.svg Gen Sam Manekshaw
(Chief of Army Staff)
Flag of Indian Army.svg Lt.Gen J.S. Arora
(GOC-in-C, Eastern Command)
Flag of Indian Army.svg Lt.Gen Sagat Singh
(GOC-in-C, IV Corps)
Flag of Indian Army.svg Maj.Gen Inderjit Singh Gill
(Dir., Military Operations)
Flag of Indian Army.svg MajGen Om Malhotra
(COS, IV Corps)
Flag of Indian Army.svg MajGen Farj R. Jacob
(COS, Eastern Command)
Flag of Indian Army.svgMajGen Shabeg Singh
(GOC, Garhwal Rifles/Training MB)
Naval Ensign of India.svgV.Adm Nilakanta Krishnan
(FOC-in-C, Eastern Naval Command)
Air Force Ensign of India.svgAM Hari Chand Dewan
(AOC-in-C, Eastern Air Command)
RAW India.jpgK. Sankaran Nair
(Deputy Director, RA&W)

PakistanAbdul Motaleb Malik
(Governor of East Pakistan)
PakistanGhulam Azam
(Chair, Nagorik Shanti Committee)
PakistanMotiur Rahman Nizami
(Emir of Jamaat-e-Islami)
PakistanAbdul Quader Molla
(Leader, Al-Badr)
PakistanAbul Kalam Azad
(Leader, Razakar)
PakistanFazlul Qadir Chaudhry
(Leader, Al-Shams)


Pakistan Yahya Khan
(President of Pakistan)
Pakistan Nurul Amin
(Prime Minister of Pakistan)
Flag of the Pakistani Army.svg Gen. A.H. Khan
(Chief of Staff, Army GHQ)
Flag of the Pakistani Army.svg Lt.Gen A.A.K. Niazi Surrendered
(Commander, Eastern Command)
Flag of the Pakistani Army.svgMGen Rao Farman Ali Surrendered
(Mil.Adv., Govt. EPk)
Flag of the Pakistani Army.svgMGen Khadim Hussain Surrendered
(GOC, 14th Infantry Division)
Naval Jack of Pakistan.svgRAdm Moh'd Shariff Surrendered
(Cdr, Eastern Naval Command)
Naval Jack of Pakistan.svgCapt. Ahmad Zamir Surrendered
(CO, Pakistan Marines East)
Naval Jack of Pakistan.svgCdr Zafar Muhammad 
(CO, PNS Ghazi)
Air Force Ensign of Pakistan.svg Air Cdre Inamul Haque Surrendered
(AOC, Eastern Air Command)
Air Force Ensign of Pakistan.svgAir Cdre Mitty Masud
(AOC, Eastern Air Cmnd. (1969–71))
Units involved
175,000
250,000
Pakistan ~365,000 regular troops (~97,000+ in East Pakistan)
~25,000 militiamen
Casualties and losses
~30,000 killed
1,426–1,525 killed
3,611–4,061 wounded
Pakistan ~8,000 killed
~10,000 wounded
90,000—93,000 captured (including 79,676 troops and 10,324—12,192 local militiamen)
Civilian death: Estimates range between 300,000 and 3 million.

Decisive Indian and Bangladeshi victory

Bangladesh Bangladesh

 India

 Pakistan

Bangladesh Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
(President of Provisional Government of Bangladesh)
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)


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