Eastern Front

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The Eastern Front in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 was the primary theater of operations in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), where Indian and Bangladeshi forces fought Pakistani troops, leading to the creation of Bangladesh.

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Label Occurrences
Eastern Front canonical 1
Eastern front 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf military theater of operations ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Eastern Sector (1971 war) ⓘ
characterizedBy combined arms operations ⓘ
rapid maneuver warfare ⓘ
simultaneous multi-axis offensives ⓘ
commandedBy Lieutenant General A. A. K. Niazi ⓘ
Lieutenant General Jagjit Singh Aurora ⓘ
conflictResult creation of independent Bangladesh ⓘ
decisive Indian and Bangladeshi victory ⓘ
surrender of Pakistan Eastern Command ⓘ
endTime 1971-12-16 ⓘ
followedBy Indo-Bangladesh Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Peace ⓘ
geopoliticalConsequence emergence of Bangladesh as a sovereign state ⓘ
partition of Pakistan ⓘ
hasParticipant Bangladeshi nationalist forces ⓘ
linked to: Mukti Bahini

Indian Armed Forces ⓘ
Mukti Bahini ⓘ
Pakistan Armed Forces ⓘ
includesEvent Battle of Bogra ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Kushtia

Battle of Dacca ⓘ
Battle of Garibpur ⓘ
Battle of Hilli ⓘ
Battle of Jessore ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Kushtia

Battle of Khulna ⓘ
Battle of Kushtia ⓘ
Battle of Sylhet ⓘ
locatedIn East Pakistan ⓘ
present-day Bangladesh ⓘ
numberOfPakistaniTroops approximately 90000 ⓘ
opponent India ⓘ
Mukti Bahini ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
partOf Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 ⓘ
politicalContext demand for autonomy and independence by East Pakistanis ⓘ
repression and military crackdown by West Pakistani authorities ⓘ
precededBy Bangladesh Liberation War insurgency phase ⓘ
primaryAdversaryForPakistan Indian Eastern Command ⓘ
Mukti Bahini ⓘ
startTime 1971-12-03 ⓘ
strategicObjective liberation of East Pakistan as Bangladesh ⓘ
rapid defeat of Pakistani forces in East Pakistan ⓘ
supportedBy Bangladeshi guerrilla forces ⓘ
Indian Air Force ⓘ
Indian Navy ⓘ
surrenderDocument Instrument of Surrender (16 December 1971) ⓘ
surrenderLocation Dhaka Race Course ⓘ
linked to: Ramna Race Course

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Hilli → front → Eastern front ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Front