What the records say
- When
- 21 Nov 1971
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 24.02° N, 89.87° E
Placed at the country: the source names no closer place.
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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