Garibpur

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1971 Jessore-front battlefield

Garibpur is used as a place timeline node for the 1971 Battle of Garibpur near the Jessore front.

Est. 1947 · Bengal✺A Bilingual Archive

Events in This Place

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1 event

1971 (November)

Battle of Garibpur

A Jessore-front battle precedes the formal India-Pakistan war phase.

The Battle of Garibpur in November 1971 took place on the Jessore front before the formal outbreak of the wider India-Pakistan war. It weakened Pakistani positions and shaped the southwest campaign.