::..Victory Day Of BANGLADESH..::: Timeline Of Liberation WAR of BANGLADSH

March 1: General Yahya Khan calls off the session of National Council to be held on March 3 in a radio address^[1].
March 7: Sheikh Mujibur Rahman - leader of Awami League party that had just won a landslide victory in East Pakistan in the Federal Elections - announces to a jubilant crowd at the Dhaka Race Course ground, "The struggle this time is the struggle for our emancipation! The struggle this time is the struggle for independence!". ^[2]
March 9: Workers of Chittagong port refuse to unload weapons from the ship 'Swat'.
March 10: Expatriate Bengali students demonstrate in front of the United Nations Headquarters and calls for UN intervention to put an end to violence on Bengali people^[3].
March 16: Yahya Khan starts negotiation with Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
March 19: Nearly 50 people die as Pakistan Army opens fire on demonstrators at Jaydevpur^[4].
March 24: Pakistan Army opens fire on Bengali demonstrators in Syedpur, Rangpur and Chittagong. More than a thousand people are killed^[5].

March 25: Pakistan Army starts Operation Searchlight in Dhaka and rest of the country, attacking political activists, students, and Bengali members of armed forces and police
March 26: Independence of Bangladesh is declared by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman shortly before his arrest. This is Bangladesh's officialIndependence Day.
March 31: Kushtia resistance begins.

April 2: Jinjira genocide.
April 6: The Blood Telegram
April 11: Radio address by Tajuddin Ahmad, the Prime Minister.
April 10: A provisional Bangladesh government-in-exile is formed.
April 12: M. A. G. Osmani takes up the command of Bangladesh Armed Forces.
April 17: A provisional government-in-exile took oath in Boiddonathtola (now called Mujibnagar) in Meherpur District
April 18: Battle of Daruin, Comilla and Battle of Rangamati-Mahalchari waterway, Chittagong Hill Tracts.
April 24: Formation of Bangladesh Action Committee at Coventry, UK by non-resident Bangladeshis.
April 28: Tajuddin pleas for arms aid to neighbors.

May 5: Gopalpur massacre.^[6]
May 15: Indian army starts aiding Mukti Bahini^[7].
May 20:The Chuknagar Genocide takes place at Khulna where the Pakistan army kills nearly 10 thousand people
May 24: Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra finds home in Kolkata.

August 1: The Concert for Bangladesh in Madison Square Garden, New York by George Harrison and friends.
August 16: Operation Jackpot, Bangladesh naval commando operation.
August 20: Flight Lieutenant Matiur Rahman (military pilot)'s attempt to defect by hijacking a fighter.
August 30: Pakistan Army crackdown on Dhaka guerrillas^[8].

October 13: Dhaka guerrillas kill Abdul Monem Khan, governor of East Pakistan.
October 28: Battle of Dhalai Outpost, Srimongol.
October 31 to November 3: Battle of Dhalai: Indian attack from Tripura into East Pakistan to stop Pakistani cross-border shelling.

November 9: Six small ships constitute the first fleet of Bangladesh Navy.
November 16: Battle of Ajmiriganj, an 18 hour encounter between MB and Pakistan army. A famous freedom fighter, Jagatyoti Das, is martyred.
November 20 to November 21: Battle of Garibpur: Indian attack in Boyra salient in East Pakistan
November 21: Mitro Bahini, the joint force of Bngladesh and Indian army is formed.
November 22 to December 13, and sporadic fighting to December 16: Battle of Hilli: Indian attack on Bogra in East Pakistan.

December 3: Bangladesh Air Force destroys Pakistani oil depots^[9].. Pakistani air attacks on India result in India declaring war on Pakistan.
December 4 to December 6: Battle of Basantar: Indians attack and take over Pakistani territory opposite Jammu
Dec 5 to Dec 6: Battle of Longewala: Indians stop a Pakistani invasion directed at Jaisalmer.
December 4 Operation Trident (Indo-Pakistani War): Indian naval attack on Karachi
December 6: India becomes the first country to recognize Bangladesh. Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra becomes Bangladesh Betar.
December 7: Liberation of Jessore, Sylhet and Moulovi Bazar.
December 8 night: Operation Python: Indian naval attack on Karachi
December 9: Battle of Kushtia: Indian attack from West Bengal into East Pakistan.

Chandpur and Daudkandi liberated.

December 10: Liberation of Laksham. Two Bangladeshi ships sunk mistakenly by Indian air attack.
December 11: Liberation of Hilli, Mymenshingh, Kushtia and Noakhali. USS Enterprise is deployed by the USA in the Bay of Bengal to intimidate Indian Navy.
December 13: Soviet Navy deploys a group of ships to counter USS Enterprise.
December 14: Selective genocide of nationalist intellectuals. Liberation of Bogra.
December 16: Pakistan Army surrenders to Mitro Bahini represented by Jagjit Singh Aurora of the Indian Army faction of the military coalition.

Freedom of Bangladeshi people.

December 22: The provisional government of Bangladesh arrives in Dhaka from exile.

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