Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te whakautu ki te ultimatum i tukuna i te 16 o Tihema 1971 e te ope taua o Inia i te Rawhiti, Lt-Gen. I whakaae a Niazi ki te whakaae ki te hinga me te neke ki te hainatanga i te tuhinga tuku ki te ope taua o Inia i mutu ai te pakanga
i ārahi i te whakaekenga patu, i arahi hoki i te hanganga o Bangladesh, i muri noa iho i te whakaekenga ā-ture a Inia e 13 rā te roa. I korerotia e te Eastern Command i tuku ~ 93,000<unk> 97,000 kaimahi kākahu ki Indian Army<unk> te tuku nui i roto i te whawhai e tetahi whenua i muri i te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao. Ko nga mate i pa ki te I Corps o te ope taua, II Corps, me nga Marines kaore i pai ki te Perehitini Yahya Khan nana i tuku te mana o te kawanatanga taangata ki a Zulfikar Ali Bhutto na roto i tetahi ture whakahaere.