Introduction
After the partition of India, the region of present-day Bangladesh fell into the control of Pakistan named East Pakistan. However, the Pakistani people ill-treated the people from East Pakistan. But when the leader of East Pakistan won the election of Prime Minister but the twist was that the Pakistani Army didn't consider him as the P.M. and not gave him his oath. Sad with this he gave a violent speech to separate from Pakistan and carve out his Bangladesh from it also. This takes in the arrest and made people on 25 March 1971 ( speech on 7 March 1971 ). Following the arrest of 30 lakh, people were murdered and killed by their own army. This all made to the rise of a group called Mukti Vahini and the Indo-Pak war of 1971.
The Preparation of War
The seeds of the war were shown by Indira Gandhi when she saw the wide number of 10 lakh refugees. She went to Manekshaw with the idea of the war but he refused to object that the region of Bengal and Bangladesh is full of floods at the time of monsoon which was just to happen.
He gave the idea to Indira Gandhi that she should form alliances with foreign countries like Russia to help in the case of an emergency. Also, he said that till then he can give training to the Indian Army and Mukti Vahini to attack and defend themselves. At the same time, Indira Gandhi went to Russia and formed an alliance that during the war if America came to help Pakistan Russia will help India.
The Coarse Of War
On 3 Dec 1971, the Pakistani attackers attacked Indian Air Force base camps. This all causes net zero casualties to Indian forces but gives India a reason to invade and make Bangladesh an independent nation. 😃
Indian commanders chose to be offensive in the areas of Bangladesh but defensive in the areas of the western borders. But this all made a misconception that India will be weaker at the western borders by some Pakistani officials. So they marched towards Longewalla where 120 soldiers under Major Chandpuri defeated a force of 2800+ soldiers and 120+ tanks under the leadership of Brigadier Tarik Mir.
On 5th December Indian Navy destroyed the port city Karachi making the people take refuge at Gwadar port.
The Pakistani people were very frustrated with this. They sent one of the most advanced submarines PNS Gazi to destroy the Indian air carrier Vikrant.
There is one great story about it that all the officials of INS Vikrant were said to call their home and create an environment where Vikrant landed on the port of Vishakhapatnam. The Pakistani undercover agents informed that they had got to know about the situation. The path of PNS Gazi was diverted and made to Vishakhapatnam where not Vikrant but INS Rajput was kept with a failed engine that hunted the submarine of Pakistan down.
Slowly and gradually the war was taking an International view as America take a verdict to the Security Council of the UN but thanks to Russia who had vetoed it.👏
However, after this America marched on India with its 7th Fleet and UK with its Eagle Fleet. According to the treaty done before, Russia came into the picture and come along with its 40th Fleet along with nuclear submarines and weapons. This put a stop to the distances covered by the two.
Here in Bangladesh Indian Army airdropped many soldiers along with most of the dummies. BBC news showed that the no. of Indian soldiers is 5000. It was a clear lie but was psychological pressure on the Pakistan's army.
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