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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.
- Indo-Pakistani Naval War of 1971
In the end months of 1971, the Indian Navy's Eastern Naval...
- M. A. G. Osmani
Muhammad Ataul Gani Osmani (Bengali: মুহাম্মদ আতাউল গণি...
- Operation Searchlight
Operation Searchlight was a military operation carried out...
- Leslie Mungavin
Rear Admiral Leslie Norman Mungavin SPk, SK, SBt (22 March...
- J. F. R. Jacob
Lieutenant General Jack Farj Rafael Jacob PVSM (2 May 1921 –...
- Blood Telegram
Archer Kent Blood (March 20, 1923 – September 3, 2004) was...
- Abdul Hamid Khan
General Abdul Hamid Khan HQA SPk SQA (Urdu: عبد الحمید خان)...
- Idris Hasan Latif
Idris Hasan Latif, PVSM (9 June 1923 – 30 April 2018) was a...
- Patrick Callaghan
Indo-Pakistani war of 1965 Indo-Pakistani war of 1971: Other...
- Muzaffar Hassan
Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 1971 Naval operations Vice...
- Indo-Pakistani Naval War of 1971
The Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 was a military conflict between India and Pakistan. Lasting just 13 days, it is considered one of the shortest wars in history. During the war, Indian and Pakistani forces fought on the eastern and western fronts.
- 3-16 December 1971 (13 days)
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.
A long-running dispute over Kashmir and cross-border terrorism have been the predominant cause of conflict between the two states, with the exception of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, which occurred as a direct result of hostilities stemming from the Bangladesh Liberation War in erstwhile East Pakistan (now Bangladesh).
- Line of Control, India-Pakistan border
The Pakistani prisoners of war during the Indo-Pakistani war of 1971 were the servicemen deployed in the Eastern Command of the Pakistan armed forces who were held in by the Indian Army.
The Battle of Longewala (4–7 December 1971) was one of the first major engagements in the western sector during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, fought between assaulting Pakistani forces and Indian defenders at the Indian border post of Longewala, in the Thar Desert of Rajasthan.
