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Comment: India’s role in the independence of Bangladesh.

  • UPSC 2003
  • 20 marks
  • India and South Asia

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Bangladesh's independence was won by the Bengali nationalist movement and the Mukti Bahini, but India's intervention decided when and how it came. The trigger came from Pakistan. After the Awami League won the 1970 election, the Pakistan Army launched Operation Searchlight on 25 March 1971, and independence was proclaimed on 26 March. India's role then…

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