India joined the war on 3 December 1971, after which Pakistan launched preemptive air strikes on northern India. At first, the Pakistan Army regained momentum during the monsoon, but Bengali guerrillas counterattacked by carrying out widespread sabotage, including through Operation Jackpot against the Pakistan Navy, while the nascent Bangladesh Air Force flew sorties against Pakistani military bases. In response to the violence, members of the Mukti Bahini-a guerrilla resistance movement formed by Bengali military, paramilitary and civilians-launched a mass guerrilla war against the Pakistani military, liberating numerous towns and cities in the war's initial months. The war began when the Pakistani military junta based in West Pakistan-under the orders of Yahya Khan-launched Operation Searchlight against the people of East Pakistan on the night of 25 March 1971, initiating the Bangladesh genocide. The Bangladesh Liberation War ( Bengali: মুক্তিযুদ্ধ, pronounced, also known as the Bangladesh War of Independence, or simply the Liberation War in Bangladesh) was a revolution and armed conflict sparked by the rise of the Bengali nationalist and self-determination movement in East Pakistan, which resulted in the independence of Bangladesh. ( Prime Minister of the Provisional Government of Bangladesh)ĩ0,000-93,000 captured (including 79,676 troops and 10,324-12,192 local militiamen) Ĭivilian deaths: Estimates range between 300,000 and 3,000,000. ( President of the Provisional Government of Bangladesh) East Pakistan secedes from Pakistan as the People's Republic of Bangladesh
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