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| Bangladesh Liberation War | |||||||||
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| Part of the independence of Bangladesh, the Indo-Pakistani conflicts, and the Cold War | |||||||||
 Clockwise from top left: Martyred Intellectuals Memorial; Bangladesh Forces howitzer; A. A. K. Niazi signs the Pakistani Instrument of Surrender to the joint forces in the presence of Jagjit Singh Aurora; and the PNS Ghazi | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 Bangladesh India (after 3 Dec.) |
 Pakistan | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Political: Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Tajuddin Ahmad Indira Gandhi Military:  M. A. G. Osmani M. A. Rab A. K. Khandker Ziaur Rahman K. M. Shafiullah Khaled Mosharraf Sam Manekshaw Jagjit Singh Aurora |
Political: Militias:  Ghulam Azam  Syed Khwaja Khairuddin Motiur Rahman Nizami Fazlul Chaudhry (POW) | ||||||||
| Units involved | |||||||||
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Mukti Bahini Indian Armed Forces |
Paramilitary and Militias: | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
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175,000 250,000 |
 ~91,000 regular troops280,000 paramilitary forces ~25,000 militiamen | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
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~30,000 killed 1,426–1,525 killed 3,611–4,061 wounded |
5,866 killed ~10,000 wounded 90,000–93,000 captured (including 79,676 troops and 10,324–12,192 local militiamen) | ||||||||
| Civilian deaths: Estimates range between 300,000 and 3,000,000. | |||||||||
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