Ground operations
Indian T-55 tanks on their thanks to capital of Bangladesh.
Pakistan attacked at many places on India's western border with Pakistan|West Pakistan|Asian country|Asian nation}, however the Indian army with success control their positions.[citation needed] The Indian Army quickly tried and true the Asian nation Army's movements within the west and created some initial gains, together with capturing around five,500 sq. miles (14,000 km2)of Asian nation territory (land gained by Bharat in Pakistani Kashmir, Pakistani Punjab and Sindh sectors was later ceded within the Simla Agreement of 1972, as a gesture of goodwill).
On the jap front, the Indian Army joined forces with the Mukti Bahini to create the Mitro Bahini (Allied forces); in contrast to the 1965 war that had stressed set-piece battles and slow advances, this point the strategy adopted was a swift, three-pronged assault of 9 army unit divisions with hooked up armoured units and shut air support that apace converged on capital of Bangladesh, the capital of People's Republic of Bangladesh.
Lieutenant General Jagjit Singh Aurora, WHO commanded the eighth, 23rd, and fifty-seventh divisions, junction rectifier the Indian thrust into People's Republic of Bangladesh. As these forces attacked Pakistani formations, the Indian Air Force apace destroyed the little air contingent in People's Republic of Bangladesh and place the capital of Bangladesh facility out of commission. within the meanwhile, the Indian Navy effectively obstructed People's Republic of Bangladesh.
The Indian campaign used "blitzkrieg" techniques, exploiting weakness within the enemy's positions and bypassing opposition, and resulted during a swift conclusion. Janus-faced with insurmountable losses, the Pakistani military capitulated in but a period of time. On sixteen December, the Pakistani forces stationed in People's Republic of Bangladesh relinquished.
Surrender of Pakistani forces in People's Republic of Bangladesh
Main article: Instrument of Surrender (1971)
The Instrument of Surrender of Pakistani forces stationed in People's Republic of Bangladesh was signed at Ramna Race Course in capital of Bangladesh at sixteen.31 IST on sixteen December 1971, by general officer Jagjit Singh Aurora, commissioned military officer Commanding-in-chief of jap Command of the Indian Army and general officer A. A. K. Niazi, Commander of Pakistani forces in People's Republic of Bangladesh. As Aurora accepted the surrender, the encompassing crowds on the race course began shouting anti-Niazi and anti-Pakistan slogans.
India took some ninety,000 prisoners of war, together with Pakistani troopers and their Asian country civilian supporters. 79,676 prisoners were clothed personnel, of that fifty five,692 were Army, 16,354 Paramilitary, 5,296 Police, one thousand Navy and 800 PAF.The remaining prisoners were civilians – either members of the family of the military personnel or collaborators (razakars). The Hamoodur Rahman Commission report instituted by Asian nation lists the Pakistani POWs as follows: except troopers, it had been calculable that fifteen,000 Bengali civilians were conjointly created prisoners of war.
Branch variety of captured Pakistani POWs
Army 54,154
Navy 1,381
Air Force 833
Paramilitary together with police twenty two,000
Civilian personnel twelve,000
Total: 90,368
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