Whakakihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I raro i te pehanga a Bhutto me te Pāti o te Iwi o Pakistan, i whakamutua e te Perehitini a Yahya Khan te huihuinga o te National Assembly ahakoa te hui me te tono ki te Awami League ki te whakatuu i te kawanatanga i te 7 o Poutu-te-rangi. I urupare a Sheikh Mujibur Rahman mā te karanga ki te iwi Bengali kia whakarewa i tētahi
he kaupapa whakaoranga patu ki Pakistan i te huihuinga nui. I te whakautu ki tenei, i whakaae a Perehitini Yahya Khan ki te wehenga o Lieutenant General Yaqub Khan hei kawana o East Pakistan me te rangatira o te Eastern Command o te ope taua i te Poutu-te-rangi 1971 ka tohua a Lieutenant General Tikka Khan hei kaiwhaiwhai. I tae a Tikka Khan ki Dhaka i taua marama ano ka riro i a ia te kawanatanga. I riro i a ia te mana o te Eastern Command i te 7 o Poutu-te-rangi 1971. Kua whakawakia ia mo te kohuru i nga mano o nga taangata.