Bangladesh Liberation War

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Date
Location
Result
Territorial changes
Provisional Government of Bangladesh  Mukti Bahini  India  Indian Armed Forces (3–16 December 1971)
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (President of Provisional Government of Bangladesh)  Tajuddin Ahmad (Prime Minister of Provisional Government of Bangladesh)  M. A. G. Osmani (Cdr-in-C, Bangladesh Forces) Maj. K.M. Shafiullah (Commander, S Force) Maj. Ziaur Rahman (Commander, Z Force) Maj. Khaled Mosharraf (Commander, K Force)  V. V. Giri (President of India)  Indira Gandhi (Prime Minister of India)  Swaran Singh (External Minister of India)  Gen Sam Manekshaw (Chief of Army Staff)  Lt.Gen J.S. Arora (GOC-in-C, Eastern Command)  Lt.Gen Sagat Singh (GOC-in-C, IV Corps)  Maj.Gen Inderjit Singh Gill (Dir., Military Operations)  MajGen Om Malhotra (COS, IV Corps)  MajGen Farj R. Jacob (COS, Eastern Command) MajGen Shabeg Singh (GOC, Garhwal Rifles/Training MB) V.Adm Nilakanta Krishnan (FOC-in-C, Eastern Naval Command) AM Hari Chand Dewan (AOC-in-C, Eastern Air Command) K. Sankaran Nair (Deputy Director, RA&W)
175,000[2][3]  250,000[2]
~30,000 killed[5][6]  1,426–1,525 killed[7] 3,611–4,061 wounded[7]

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cells: Bangladesh Liberation War মুক্তিযুদ্ধ Muktijuddho
Clockwise from top left: Martyred Intellectuals Memorial, Bangladesh Forces howitzer, Surrender of Pakistan to Indian and Bangladesh forces,[1] The sunken PNS Ghazi.
Date 26 March 1971 – 16 December 1971 Location East Pakistan (In modern times, Bangladesh) India-East Pakistan border, the Bay of Bengal, the Pasha enclave, parts of East India. Result Decisive Bangladeshi victory * Collapse of the Eastern Command of Pakistan in Eastern Front* Establishment of the sovereignty of Bangladesh Territorial changes Independence of East Pakistan from Pakistan as a sovereign Peoples' Republic of Bangladesh
26 March 1971 – 16 December 1971
East Pakistan (In modern times, Bangladesh) India-East Pakistan border, the Bay of Bengal, the Pasha enclave, parts of East India.
Decisive Bangladeshi victory * Collapse of the Eastern Command of Pakistan in Eastern Front* Establishment of the sovereignty of Bangladesh
Independence of East Pakistan from Pakistan as a sovereign Peoples' Republic of Bangladesh
Belligerents
Pakistan  Govt. of East Pakistan Pakistan Army Pakistan Navy Pakistan Air Force  Pakistan Armed Forces Paramilitary forces: Jamaat-e-Islami Nagorik Shanti Committee Razakars Al-Badr Al-Shams
Commanders and leaders
Abdul Motaleb Malik (Governor of East Pakistan) Ghulam Azam (Chair, Nagorik Shanti Committee) Motiur Rahman Nizami (Emir of Jamaat-e-Islami) Abdul Quader Molla (Leader, Al-Badr) Abul Kalam Azad (Leader, Razakar) Fazlul Qadir Chaudhry (Leader, Al-Shams)  Yahya Khan (President of Pakistan)  Nurul Amin (Prime Minister of Pakistan)  Gen. A.H. Khan (Chief of Staff, Army GHQ)  Lt.Gen A.A.K. Niazi (Commander, Eastern Command) MGen Rao Farman Ali (Mil.Adv., Govt. EPk) MGen Khadim Hussain (GOC, 14th Infantry Division) RAdm Moh'd Shariff (Cdr, Eastern Naval Command) Capt. Ahmad Zamir (CO, Pakistan Marines East) Cdr Zafar Muhammad † (CO, PNS Ghazi)  Air Cdre Inamul Haque (AOC, Eastern Air Command) Air Cdre Mitty Masud (AOC, Eastern Air Cmnd. (1969–71))
Units involved
~365,000 regular troops (~97,000+ in East Pakistan)[2] ~25,000 militiamen[4]
Casualties and losses
~8,000 killed ~10,000 wounded 90,000—93,000 captured[8] (including 79,676 troops and 10,324—12,192 local militiamen)[7][9][10]
Civilian death:[6] Estimates range between 300,000 and 3 million.

Questions about this table:
originalText: who was the heading indian army during bangladesh liberation war of 1971
answer: answerTexts: Indian Armed Forces