What the records say
- When
- 3 Dec 1971 – 17 Dec 1971
- Kind
- Interstate war
- Deaths
- 11,223
- Coordinates
- 25.22° N, 88.87° E
- Total battle deaths
- 11223
Placed approximately by the source.
India–Pakistan war of 1971
Military confrontation between India and Pakistan alongside the Bangladesh Liberation War
The India–Pakistan war of 1971, also known as the third Indo-Pakistani war, was a military confrontation between India and Pakistan that occurred during the Bangladesh Liberation War in East Pakistan from 3 December 1971 until the Pakistani capitulation in Dhaka on 16 December 1971. The war began with Pakistan's Operation Chengiz Khan, consisting of preemptive aerial strikes on eight Indian air stations.
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2 sources record it
- COW Inter-State War Data v4.0Correlates of War ProjectCorrelates of War: free use with citation
- Wikidata: wars and rebellionsWikidata contributors · names it “Indo-Pakistani War of 1971”Creative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
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