Battle of Sylhet

Siege of Sylhet

Part of Bangladesh Liberation War and Indo-Pakistani War of 1971

Date	December 7–16, 1971
Location	Sylhet, Bangladesh
Result	Decisive Indian & Mukti Bahini Victory Pakistani Garrison Surrenders

Belligerents

Mukti Bahini

India

Pakistan

Commanders and leaders

Major Ziaur Rahman

Lt. Gen. Sagat Singh

Maj. Gen. K. V. Krishna Rao

Brig. C. A. “Bunty” Quinn

Brig. Raja C. V. Apte

Brig. M. B. Wadke

Brig. Kulwant Singh

Brig. Muhammad Saleemullah

Brig. Iftikhar Rana

Strength

IV Corps:
8 Mountain Division
59 Mountain Brigade
81 Mountain Brigade
Echo Sector
BSF Sector
1 East Bengal Rifles

202 Infantry Brigade
313 Infantry Brigade

Bangladesh Liberation War

Mukti Bahini resistance

Indian intervention

1971 Bangladesh Genocide

Systematic events

§ indicates events in the internal resistance movement linked to the Indo-Pakistani War.
‡ indicates events in the Indo-Pakistani War linked to the internal resistance movement in Bangladesh.

The Battle of Sylhet was a major battle fought between the advancing Mitro Bahini and the Pakistani defences at Sylhet during the Bangladesh Liberation War. The battle took place 7 December and 15 December and was the Indian Army's first heliborne operation.^[1]

References

↑ Battle Of Sylhet. Defence India Archived August 10, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.

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