বাংলাদেশৰ মুক্তিযুদ্ধৰ সময় ৰেখা

**[[বাংলাদেশৰ মুক্তিযুদ্ধ]]** মাৰ্চ ২৬, ১৯৭১ চনত আৰম্ভ হৈ ১৬ ডিচেম্বৰ ১৯৭১ অত শেষ হয়। তলত ইয়াৰ কিছুমান মুখ্য ঘটনাসমূহ সময়ানুক্ৰমিক ভাৱে দেখুওৱা হৈছে।

## সময় ৰেখা
### যুদ্ধৰ আগত
* ১ মাৰ্চ: জেনেৰেল য়াহায়া খানে এক ৰেডিঅ' ঘোষণাৰ জৰিয়তে ৩ মাৰ্চত হ'বলগা নেশ্যনেল কাউন্সিলৰ বৈঠক ৰদ কৰে।
*March 7: Sheikh Mujibur Rahman - leader of Awami League party that had won a landslide victory in East Pakistan in the Federal Elections in 1969, but never been granted authority - announces to a jubilant crowd at the Dhaka Race Course ground, "The struggle this time is the struggle for our emancipation! The struggle this time is the struggle for independence!".
*March 9: Workers of Chittagong port refuse to unload weapons from the ship 'Swat'.
*March 10: Expatriate Bengali students demonstrate in front of the United Nations Headquarters and calls for UN intervention to put an end to violence on Bengali people.
*March 16: Yahya Khan starts negotiation with Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
*March 19: Nearly 50 people die as Pakistan Army opens fire on demonstrators at Jaydevpur.
*March 24: Pakistan Army opens fire on Bengali demonstrators in Syedpur, Rangpur and Chittagong. More than a thousand people are killed.

### Events of the War
#### March
*March 25: Pakistan Army starts Operation Searchlight in Dhaka and rest of the country, attacking political activists, students, and Bengali members of armed forces and police
*March 26: Independence of Bangladesh is declared by Maj. Ziaur Rahman, on behalf of National Leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. This is Bangladesh's official Independence Day.
*March 31: Kushtia resistance  begins.

#### April
*April 2: Jinjira massacre.
*April 6: The Blood Telegram
*April 11: Radio address  by Tajuddin Ahmad, the Prime Minister.
*April 10: A provisional Bangladesh government-in-exile is formed.
*April 12: M. A. G. Osmani takes up the command of Bangladesh Armed Forces.
*April 17: A provisional government-in-exile took oath in Boiddonathtola (now called Mujibnagar) in Meherpur District
*April 18: Battle of Daruin, Comilla and Battle of Rangamati-Mahalchari waterway, Chittagong Hill Tracts.
*April 24: Formation of Bangladesh Action Committee at Coventry, UK by non-resident Bangladeshis.
*April 28: Tajuddin pleas for arms aid to neighbors. 

#### May
*May 5: Gopalpur massacre.
*May 15: Indian army starts aiding Mukti Bahini.
*May 20:The Chuknagar massacre takes place at Khulna where the Pakistan army kills nearly 10 thousand people
*May 24: Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra finds home in Kolkata.

#### July
*July 11–17: Sector Commanders Conference 1971.

#### August
*August 1: The Concert for Bangladesh in Madison Square Garden, New York by George Harrison and friends.
*August 16: Operation Jackpot, Bangladesh naval commando operation.
*August 20: Flight Lieutenant Matiur Rahman (military pilot)'s attempt to defect by hijacking a fighter.
*August 30: Pakistan Army crackdown on Dhaka guerrillas.

#### September
*September 5: Battle of Goahati, Jessore.
*September 28: Bangladesh Air Force starts functioning.

#### October
*October 13: Dhaka guerrillas kill Abdul Monem Khan, governor of East Pakistan.
*October 28: Battle of Dhalai Outpost, Srimongol.
*October 31 to November 3: Battle of Dhalai: Indian attack from Tripura into East Pakistan to stop Pakistani cross-border shelling.

#### November
*November 9: Six small ships constitute the first fleet of Bangladesh Navy.
*November 16: Battle of Ajmiriganj, an 18 hour encounter between MB and Pakistan army. A famous freedom fighter, Jagatyoti Das, is martyred.
*November 20 to November 21: Battle of Garibpur: Indian attack in Boyra salient in East Pakistan
*November 21: Mitro Bahini, the joint force of Bngladesh and Indian army is formed.
*November 22 to December 13, and sporadic fighting to December 16: Battle of Hilli: Indian attack on Bogra in East Pakistan.

#### December (Indo-Pakistan War)
*December 3: Bangladesh Air Force destroys Pakistani oil depots.. Pakistani air attacks on India result in India declaring war on Pakistan.
*December 4 :  Battle of Longewala: Indians stop a Pakistani invasion directed at Jaisalmer.
*December 5 : Battle of Basantar: Indians attack and take over Pakistani territory opposite Jammu.
*December 6: Bhutan becomes the first country to recognize Bangladesh. Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra becomes Bangladesh Betar.
*December 7: Liberation of Jessore, Sylhet and Moulovi Bazar.
*December 8: Operation Python: Indian naval attack on Karachi
*December 9: Battle of Kushtia: Indian attack from West Bengal into East Pakistan.
: Chandpur and Daudkandi liberated.
*December 10: Liberation of Laksham. Two Bangladeshi ships sunk mistakenly by Indian air attack.
*December 11: Liberation of Hilli, Mymenshingh, Kushtia and Noakhali. USS ''Enterprise'' is deployed by the USA in the Bay of Bengal to intimidate Indian Navy.
*December 13: Soviet Navy deploys a group of ships to counter USS *Enterprise*.
*December 14: Selective genocide of nationalist intellectuals. Liberation of Bogra.
*December 16: Pakistan Army surrenders to Mitro Bahini represented by Jagjit Singh Aurora of the Indian Army faction of the military coalition.
: Freedom of Bangladeshi people.
*December 22: The provisional government of Bangladesh arrives in Dhaka from exile.

## References

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