Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te tau 1970 i whakahaerehia e Pakistan ana pooti manapori tuatahi mai i te mana motuhake, hei tohu i te rereketanga mai i te kawanatanga hoia ki te manapori, engari i muri i te wikitoria o te East Pakistani Awami League ki te Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), ka kore a Yahya Khan me te turanga hoia ki te tuku mana. Ko te Operation Searchlight, he whakaekenga a te ope taua ki te nekehanga mana whenua o Bengali, i arahi ki te whakapuaki i te rangatiratanga me te whakaekenga o
he pakanga whakaoranga na nga ope o Bengali Mukti Bahini i Pakistan ki te Rawhiti, i whakaahuatia i Pakistan ki te Hauauru hei pakanga a-iwi hei utu mo te pakanga whakaoranga.