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East Pakistan was the eastern province of Pakistan between 1955 and 1971, covering the territory of the modern country Bangladesh. The province was restructured and renamed from East Bengal, which, in modern times, is split between India and Bangladesh. Its land borders were with India and Burma, with a coastline on the Bay of Bengal.
The Indo-Pakistani war of 1971, also known as the third India-Pakistan war, was a military confrontation 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.
Dec 14, 2020 · On 16th December 1971, Pakistan faced its darkest hour when its soldiers surrendered at the Race Course in Dacca, cornered by the Indian army’s ‘blitzkrieg’ across East Pakistan, after the war for the liberation of Bangladesh.
Sep 23, 2017 · Enemy closes in on Dacca. THE situation in East Pakistan has become very critical, according to the latest reports received here tonight [December 15].
Dec 16, 2019 · The struggle for Bengali rights started shortly after Pakistan gained independence as a country with two incontiguous territories known as West Pakistan (today’s Pakistan) and East Pakistan...
Dec 16, 2019 · Fall of Dacca: Why Pakistan Lost Its East Wing. Naya Daur. 06:42 AM, 16 Dec, 2019. Analysis, Featured. Historian Ilhan Niaz, in a vlog for Naya Daur as part of a series on the 1971 debacle, explains the separation of East Pakistan and the underlying causes of the tragedy.
Dec 15, 2019 · On December 16, 1971, Pakistani troops laid down their arms and surrendered to India for the secession of East Pakistan. The lives of hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians were lost....
