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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 ...
[23] He became notorious as the "Butcher of Bengal." [24] [25] In West Pakistan, domestic criticism and disapproval of Lieutenant General Tikka Khan grew to the point that President Yahya Khan replaced him with a civilian government led by a governor and a cabinet drawn from different political parties. [26]
Murder 20 of unarmed Bengali Hindus by the Pakistan Army and Bihari Muslims: Golaghat massacre: 13 June 1971 Golaghat, Nilphamari 437 Adityapur massacre: 14 June 1971 Adiyapur, Sylhet 63 Makalkandi massacre: 18 August 1971 Habiganj, Sylhet more than 100 Pomara massacre: 14 September 1971 Pomara, Chittagong 13 Krishnapur massacre: 18 September 1971
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The death toll from a large blast at a mosque in Pakistan rose to 59 on Saturday as the government vowed to find the perpetrators and accused India's intelligence agency of being involved. Friday ...
The attacks were led by General Tikka Khan, who was the architect of Operation Searchlight and was given the name the "butcher of Bengal" by the Bengalis for his actions. Khan said—when reminded on 27 March 1971 that he was in charge of a majority province—"I will reduce this majority to a minority".
At least 60 people are dead following suicide blasts in the southwestern Pakistan city of Mastung on Friday, the Media Coordinator of the Health Department of Pakistan’s Balochistan province ...
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 ...