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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.