Hashmi notes that many of the main characters involved in the 1971 debacle had tragic fates, including Sheikh Mujibur Rahman himself on 15 August 1975, the four key Awami League leaders killed in Dhaka Central Jail in November 1975, Bangladeshi general Ziaur Rahman, as well as prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi. He adds that president Yahya and general A. A. K. Niazi left unsung legacies, while Indian generals Shabeg Singh and Arun Shridhar Vaidya were killed as a result of the domestic fallout of Operation Blue Star, and Kuldip Singh Brar survived several assassination attempts on his own life.