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Time magazine dubbed General Tikka Khan the "Butcher of Bengal" for his role in Operation Searchlight. [60] Targets of the operation included Jagannath Hall which was a dormitory for non-Muslim students of Dhaka University, Rajarbagh Police Lines, and Pilkhana, which is the headquarters of East Pakistan Rifles. About 34 students were killed in ...
Tikka Khan was born on 10 February 1915 [1] into a Punjabi family of the Janjua Rajput clan [10] in the Jochha Mamdot village of Kahuta Tehsil, Rawalpindi District, Punjab, British India (now Punjab, Pakistan).
He missed the wedding of his niece, Salma Sobhan (Pakistan's first woman barrister), because of his detention. [9] In 1963, Suhrawardy died in Beirut due to a heart attack. After his death, the Awami League veered towards Bengali nationalism, the 6-point movement, East Pakistani secession and ultimately Bangladeshi independence in 1971 ...
Indo-Pakistani war of 1971 Part of the Indo-Pakistani wars and conflicts, Cold War, and Bangladesh Liberation War First row: Lt-Gen. A.A.K. Niazi, the Cdr. of Pakistani Eastern Comnd., signing the documented Instrument of Surrender in Dacca in the presence of Lt. Gen. Jagjit Singh Aurora (GOC-in-C of Indian Eastern Comnd.). Surojit Sen of All India Radio is seen holding a microphone on the ...
Follow live coverage of Pakistan vs Sri Lanka from the Asia Cup today. ... The 50-over World Cup is far older and has been competed for since back in 1975. Australia are the record winners having ...
West Bengal tornadoes: 25 May 2021: Hooghly – North 24 Parganas, West Bengal: 2: 2 fatalities, 5 injuries: Rare tornado in West Bengal, damaged 80 houses. Two people died after being electrocuted. The incident happened before the landfall of Cyclone Yaas. [74] [75] Jalpaiguri tornado 31st March, 2024 Mainaguri, Jalpaiguri, West Bengal 1 4
The death toll from Pakistan's deadliest bandit attack on police rose to 12 after one of the wounded officers died in a hospital, as police pursued suspects in the eastern province of Punjab ...