Who launched Operation Searchlight?

At a meeting of the military top brass, Yahya Khan declared: “Kill 3 million of them and the rest will eat out of our hands.” Accordingly, on the night of 25 March, the Pakistani Army launched Operation Searchlight to “crush” Bengali resistance in which Bengali members of military services were disarmed and killed.

When did Operation Searchlight occur?

March 26, 1971
Operation Searchlight/Start dates

When did Operation Searchlight end?

March 26, 1971 – May 25, 1971
Operation Searchlight/Periods

What is Operation Blitz?

The military action, code named ‘Operation Blitz’, began on March 25, 1971. A brutal campaign of mass murder was unleashed. Rape on a massive scale became a weapon of harrowing repression. This massive brutality was conducted in the traditions of the colonial masters who had set up the army.

What happened to Tikka Khan?

His tenure ended when President Ghulam Ishaq Khan dismissed Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto’s government in 1990 and he was succeeded by Mian Muhammad Azhar. He retired from politics in 1990. He died on 28 March 2002 and was buried with full military honours in Westridge cemetery in Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan.

What did the Pakistan army do on the night of 25 March 1971?

The nation recalls today the Black Night of March 25. On this fateful night in 1971, the Pakistani military junta launched the “Operation Searchlight” and mercilessly killed the Bangalee members of East Pakistan Rifles and police, students and teachers as well as thousands of common people in Dhaka city.

What was Mukti Bahini 4 marks?

The Mukti Bahini divided the war zone into eleven sectors. The war strategy included a huge guerrilla force operating inside Bangladesh that targeted Pakistani installations through raids, ambushes and sabotaging West Pakistani-controlled shipping ports, power plants, industries, railways and warehouses.

Who is Butcher of Bengal?

Tikka Khan
Tikka Khan followed the classical “Seek and destroy and Infiltration” method and captured all radio stations in East Pakistan at the price of systematic killings of Bengali people. In Pakistan, he was called “a soldier known for his eager use of force.” He became notorious as the “Butcher of Bengal.”