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The Bangladesh Forces was organized for the war in 1971 into in 11 divisions (sectors) and later 3 indep brigades were christened, under BDF HQ situated at 8 Theatre Road, Calcutta, West Bengal. Bangladesh interim provincial government of July 11, 1971 appointed Col. M A G Osmani as Commander in Chief.
The eleven sectors during the Bangladesh Liberation War An advertisement for former Beatle George Harrison's "Bangla Desh" single, released in July 1971 to raise international awareness and funds for the millions of Bangladeshi refugees
Liberation of Bogra. 16 December: End of the Bangladesh Liberation War. Mitro Bahini takes Dhaka. approximately 93,000 troops of Pakistan Armed Forces surrenders to Mitro Bahini represented by Jagjit Singh Aurora of the Indian Army faction of the military coalition. 22 December: The provisional government of Bangladesh arrives in Dhaka from exile.
The Mukti Bahini (Bengali: মুক্তি বাহিনী, romanized: Mukti Bahinee), also known as the Bangladesh Forces, was the guerrilla resistance movement consisting of the Bangladeshi military, paramilitary and civilians during the Bangladesh Liberation War that transformed East Pakistan into Bangladesh in 1971. [3]
Z Force, also known as the Tura Brigade, was the first military brigade of Bangladesh Forces, formed during the Liberation War of Bangladesh in 1971 under Major Ziaur Rahman [1] along with the consent of the revolutionary government of Bangladesh in exile. The brigade was formed with the 1st, 3rd and 8th Battalion of East Bengal Regiment on 7 ...
Part of Bangladesh Liberation War and Indo-Pakistani War of 1971: Date: December 7–16, 1971: Location: Sylhet, Bangladesh. Result: Indian victory ... Echo Sector ...
Its cabinet took oath on 17 April 1971 in the town of Mujibnagar. It attracted many defectors from the Pakistani civil, diplomatic and military services and many leading intellectuals and cultural figures from East Pakistan. The Mujibnagar government coordinated the war efforts of the Mukti Bahini and the nascent Bangladesh Armed Forces.
Melaghar Camp was a training camp for Bengali guerrilla fighters during the Bangladesh Liberation War. In a cabinet meeting of the Provisional Government of Bangladesh, held on July 11, 1971, the Bangladesh Forces were divided into eleven sectors. Melaghar, near Agartala, India, was the headquarters of sector two. [1]