Bangladesh War timeline
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The Bangladesh War started on 26th March, 1971 and ended on 16th December, 1971. Some of the major events of the war are listed in the timeline below
[edit] Before the war
- Jan 1: The National Mujahid Party published a pamphlet expressing the deepest feelings of liberty and explained the necessity for East Pakistan to be independent.
[edit] Events of the War
- Mar 25: Pakistan Army starts Operation Searchlight in Dhaka and rest of the country, attacking political activists, students, and Bengali members of armed forces and police
- Mar 26: Independence of Bangladesh is declared (some accounts claim the date to be March 27), by Major Ziaur Rahman. This is Bangladesh's official Independence Day.
- April 17: A provisional government-in-exile is formed in Boiddonathtola (now called Mujibnagar) in Meherpur District
- Oct 31 to Nov 3: Battle of Dhalai: Indian attack from Tripura into East Pakistan to stop Pakistani cross-border shelling
- Dec 3: By now the land had dried out after the monsoon ended. India declares war on Pakistan. Pakistani air attacks on India.
- Nov 20 to Nov 21: Battle of Garibpur: Indian attack in Boyra salient in East Pakistan
- Nov 22 to Dec 13, and sporadic fighting to December 16: Battle of Hilli: Indian attack on Bogra in East Pakistan
- Dec 4 to Dec 6: Battle of Basantar: Indians stop a Pakistani invasion directed at Jaisalmer.
- Dec 5 to Dec 6: Battle of Longewala: Indians attack and take over Pakistani territory opposite Jammu
- Dec 4 Operation Trident (Indo-Pakistani War): Indian naval attack on Karachi
- Dec 8 night: Operation Python: Indian naval attack on Karachi
- Dec 9: Battle of Kushtia: Indian attack from West Bengal into East Pakistan.
- Dec 16: Pakistan Army surrenders to Mitro Bahini chief Jagjit Singh Aurora. Until this day certain sources, especially of Indian and Pakistani origin, continued to use the name "East Pakistan".
