What the records say
- When
- 4 Dec 1971 – 5 Dec 1971
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 24.00° N, 90.42° E
- Description
- 1971 battle of the Bangladesh liberation war
Placed at the town its title names, Gazipur.
Battle of Gazipur
Part of the Bangladesh liberation war
The Battle of Gazipur was a military engagement on 4 and 5 December 1971, during the Bangladesh liberation war. It took place at the Gazipur Tea Estate near Kulaura, in the Sylhet District of what was then East Pakistan. The advancing 4/5 Gorkha Rifles attacked the 22 Baluch Regiment of the Pakistan Army. This battle was a prelude to the Battle of Sylhet.
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