Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei whitianga - 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 atu ki te hainatanga i te tuhinga tuku ki te ope taua o Inia i mutu ai te aukati patu
ā, i ārahi i te hanganga o Bangladesh, i muri noa iho i te whakauru ā-ture a Inia i te 13 rā. 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.