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- Operation_Searchlight abstract "Operation Searchlight was a planned military operation carried out by the Pakistan Army to curb the Bengali nationalist movement in the erstwhile East Pakistan in March 1971. Ordered by the central government in West Pakistan, this was seen as the sequel to "Operation Blitz" which had been launched in November 1970. The original plan envisioned taking control of the major cities on March 26, and then eliminating all opposition, political or military, within one month. President Yahya Khan at a conference in February 1971 said "Kill three million of them (Bangladeshis) and the rest will eat out of our hands." Prolonged Bengali resistance was not anticipated by the Pakistani military leaders. The main phase of Operation Searchlight ended with the fall of the last major town in Bengali hands in mid-May. The operation also precipitated the 1971 Bangladesh genocide and caused roughly 10 million refugees to flee to India as well as the death of 58,000 to 3,000,000 civilians. Bengali intelligentsia, academics and Hindus were targeted for the harshest treatment, with significant indiscriminate killing taking place. These systematic killings enraged the Bengalis, who declared independence from Pakistan, to establish the new state of Bangladesh.The violence resulting from Operation Searchlight led to the war of liberation by the Mukti Bahini against Pakistani "occupation" forces in Bangladesh. Following the ill fated Operation Chengiz Khan, Indian intervention resulted in the Pakistani Army's unconditional surrender to the joint command of the Indian Army and Mukti Bahini on December 16, 1971.".
- Operation_Searchlight causalties "Mukti Bahini: ~4,000+POWs, 10,000KIA(Pakistan claim)".
- Operation_Searchlight combatant "*Awami League".
- Operation_Searchlight combatant "Mukhti Bahini".
- Operation_Searchlight combatant "Pakistan Armed Forces".
- Operation_Searchlight combatant "Provisional Government".
- Operation_Searchlight commander Air_commodore.
- Operation_Searchlight commander Brigadier_general.
- Operation_Searchlight commander Colonel.
- Operation_Searchlight commander Lieutenant_general.
- Operation_Searchlight commander Major_general.
- Operation_Searchlight commander President_of_Pakistan.
- Operation_Searchlight commander Prime_Minister_of_Bangladesh.
- Operation_Searchlight commander Rear_admiral.
- Operation_Searchlight date "1971-03-26".
- Operation_Searchlight isPartOfMilitaryConflict Bangladesh_Liberation_War.
- Operation_Searchlight notes "Civilian death toll: Estimated several hundred thousands Bengali civilians.".
- Operation_Searchlight place East_Pakistan.
- Operation_Searchlight result "* Organization of Bengali popular resistance".
- Operation_Searchlight result "*Temporary West Pakistani occupation".
- Operation_Searchlight strength "1 armored regiment (75M24 Chaffeetanks).".
- Operation_Searchlight strength "20F-86Sabre, 3T-33trainers, 4 Helicopters, 5C-130Heracles transport planes.".
- Operation_Searchlight strength "4 Gunboats and 1 Patrol Boat, 1 Destroyer.".
- Operation_Searchlight strength "Bengali Forces: ~8,000 Bengali soldiers fromEast Bengal Regiments".
- Operation_Searchlight strength "Civilian volunteers: unknown (usually unarmed)".
- Operation_Searchlight strength "East Pakistan Rifles:~13,000 soldiers".
- Operation_Searchlight strength "Pakistan Air Force:".
- Operation_Searchlight strength "Pakistan Army: 14th Infantry Division, estimated 18,000+ soldiers,".
- Operation_Searchlight strength "Pakistan Navy:".
- Operation_Searchlight strength "Paramilitary Forces: ~3,000 East Pakistan Rifles, 1800 East Pakistan Police personnel".
- Operation_Searchlight strength "Paramilitary Forces:".
- Operation_Searchlight strength "Reinforcements: The 9th and 16th Infantry divisions from West Pakistan".
- Operation_Searchlight strength "Reinforcements: unknown number of unarmed ex-servicemen and civilians".
- Operation_Searchlight strength "and approximately 30,000+ members of East Pakistan Police and Ansar armed with .303 rifles".
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