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Liberation War
The Liberation War of 1971 grew out of the denied majority verdict of the 1970 election, the March non-cooperation movement, and the Pakistan Army's 25 March crackdown. What followed was not a single battlefield episode but a combined political, military, and humanitarian rupture: a provisional government, sector-based armed resistance, mass displacement into India, and finally the defeat of Pakistani forces in December and the birth of Bangladesh.
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Operation Searchlight Crackdown
On the night of 25 March 1971, the Pakistan Army launched Operation Searchlight in East Pakistan to suppress Bengali political mobilization. The operation targeted Dhaka and other urban centers, including students, political activists, and civilian neighborhoods, and became a decisive trigger for the Bangladesh Liberation War.
