Third Indo-Pakistani War

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Third Indo-Pakistani War
date 3rd-16th December 1971
place India , East and West Pakistan
output India and Bangladesh defeat West Pakistan
Parties to the conflict

IndiaIndia India Bangladesh
East PakistanEast Pakistan 

PakistanPakistan Pakistan

Commander

IndiaIndia Jagjit Singh Aurora Sam Manekshaw Sagat Singh J. FR Jacob M. AG Osmani KM Shafiullah Khaled Mosharraf Ziaur Rahman
IndiaIndia
IndiaIndia
IndiaIndia
East PakistanEast Pakistan
East PakistanEast Pakistan
East PakistanEast Pakistan
East PakistanEast Pakistan

PakistanPakistan Amir Abdullah Niazi Tikka Khan Mohammad Shariff Enamul Huq
PakistanPakistan
PakistanPakistan
PakistanPakistan


War zones in Bangladesh

The Third Indo-Pakistani War was an armed conflict between the South Asian states of India and Pakistan during the Bangladesh War , in which India intervened on December 3, 1971 on the side of East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). The war ended in East Pakistan on December 16, 1971 with the surrender of the West Pakistani units and in West Pakistan on December 17 with an armistice with India. With a duration of 13 days, it is considered to be one of the shortest wars in world history.

See also