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    Operation Searchlight was a military operation carried out by the Pakistan Army in an effort to curb the Bengali nationalist movement in former East Pakistan...
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  • software (SLBBS) Operation Searchlight, a military pacification program carried out by the Pakistan Army in 1971, in Bangladesh Searchlight (workshops), workshops...
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    based in West Pakistan—under the orders of Yahya Khan—launched Operation Searchlight against East Pakistanis on the night of 25 March 1971, initiating...
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    Pakistan Armed Forces and the Razakars. It began on 25 March 1971, as Operation Searchlight was launched by West Pakistan (now Pakistan) to militarily subdue...
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  • the Pakistan Defence Forces. It was the part of Operation Searchlight. Since the starting of Searchlight, the Mukti Bahini had been staging large scale...
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  • 1971, in the then East Pakistan was code-named Operation Searchlight. This is the Operation Searchlight order of battle which was outlined on 19 March...
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    Indian border at the conclusion of Operation Searchlight, the Indian Army implemented a supply and training operation for the Mukti Bahini from 15 May 1971...
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    Massacre After midnight on 25 March 1971, the campaign of genocide (Operation Searchlight) against intellectuals by the Pakistani army took place in the Dhaka...
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    Mujibur Rahman from East Pakistan. In March 1971, Khan ordered Operation Searchlight in an effort to suppress Bengali nationalism. This led to the Bangladesh...
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    on radio. Pakistan launched a crackdown on East Pakistan called Operation Searchlight and declared martial law, which was heard by only a limited number...
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  • Bengali political leadership and soldiers by surprise. Resistance to Operation Searchlight was spontaneous and disorganised,[citation needed] and nearly all...
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    rivers Jamuna, Padma and Meghna). After Pakistan launched Operation Searchlight and Operation Barisal to curb the Awami League-led political movement in...
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    retirement from the Navy and quietly settled in Karachi. Once Operation Searchlight and Operation Barisal commenced, Air Marshal Masud flew to West Pakistan...
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    unrest in East Pakistan. The situation deteriorated further when Operation Searchlight occurred under the orders of Yahya resulting in a civil war that...
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  • administration as part of the newly planned operation. After the decision to launch Operation Searchlight was made, the Pakistan High Command decided...
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  • Md. Anisur Rahman (born 1933) is a Bangladeshi economist and intellectual, known for his significant contributions to the Bangladeshi independence movement...
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    efforts in the 1971 war. INS Khukri Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 Operation Searchlight Indo-Pakistani wars and conflicts Indo-Pakistani Naval War of 1971...
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  • War Operation Searchlight (2014) -The Search Operation Undertaken by Indian Navy to find the missing Boeing 777 M.H 17 Malaysian Flight Operation Raahat...
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  • Liberation War began 18 days later when the Pakistan Army initiated Operation Searchlight against Bengali civilians, intelligentsia, students, politicians...
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  • Tikka Khan was the architect and top planner of Operation Searchlight. Thousands were killed in this operation, including academics and other members of civil...
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    negotiation and a united Pakistan. That night the Pakistan Army began Operation Searchlight, conclusively signalling West Pakistan was not ready for a transfer...
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  • the brutal suppressive force from West Pakistan in response (see Operation Searchlight and 1971 Bangladesh atrocities). Pakistan came under increasing...
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  • Yahya authorises Tikka, now a lieutenant-general, to initiate Operation Searchlight – a massive anti-Bengali pogrom, which he executes with ruthless...
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    Indo-Pakistani war of 1971 (category Military operations of the Bangladesh Liberation War)
    Pakistan's news on 29 March 1971) and taken to West Pakistan. Operation Searchlight, followed by Operation Barisal, attempted to kill the intellectual elite of...
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    Evolution of Pakistan Eastern Command plan 1971 Bangladesh genocide Operation Searchlight Indo-Pakistani wars and conflicts Military history of India List...
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    the West Pakistani military began a full-scale retaliation with Operation Searchlight in the early hours of 26 March 1971, which continued through May...
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    Khan launched Operation Searchlight on the orders of dictator Yahya Khan to crush the Bengali nationalist movement. As part of the operation, the army launched...
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  • Dhaka University massacre. Pakistan's President Yahya Khan launched Operation Searchlight to crush the Bengali nationalist movement. Thousands were killed...
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  • 26 March 1971 when the Pakistan Army launched a military operation called Operation Searchlight against Bengali civilians, students, intelligentsia and...
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  • cultural nationalism in East Pakistan was met by Yahya Khan launching Operation Searchlight, which resulted in the 1971 Bangladesh genocide. The majority of...
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