Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Wani mai ba da shawara na farko na dimokiradiyya da gurguzu, Mujib ya tashi zuwa sahun kungiyar Awami da siyasar Gabashin Pakistan a matsayin mai magana da karfi. Ya zama sananne ne saboda adawarsa ga kabilanci da nuna bambanci na 'yan Bengal a Pakistan, wadanda suka hada da mafi yawan jama'ar jihar. A lokacin da tashin hankali ya karu, ya tsara wani shiri na 'yancin kai na maki shida kuma gwamnatin Field Marshal Ayub Khan ta daure shi saboda cin amanar kasa. Mujib ya jagoranci kungiyar Awami don lashe zaben dimokiradiyya na farko na Pakistan a shekarar 1970. Duk da samun rinjaye, rundunar sojin da ke mulki ba ta gayyaci League don kafa gwamnati ba. Yayin da rashin biyayya na farar hula ya barke a duk Gabashin Pakistan, Mujib a kaikaice ya ba da sanarwar 'yancin kai na Bangladesh yayin wani jawabi mai muhimmanci a ranar 7 ga Maris, 1971. A ranar 26 ga Maris, 1971, Sojojin Pakistan sun mayar da martani ga zanga-zangar da aka yi tare da Operation Searchlight, wanda aka kama Firayim Minista Mujib kuma aka kai shi kurkuku a Yammacin Pakistan, yayin da aka kashe fararen hula, dalibai, masu ilimi, 'yan siyasa da sojoji na Bengal a matsayin wani ɓangare na Operation Searchlight.
Kisan kare dangi na Bangladesh a shekara ta 1971. A lokacin da Mujib ya tafi, 'yan Bengal da yawa sun shiga cikin Mukti Bahini kuma tare da taimakon Sojojin Indiya, sun kayar da Sojojin Pakistan a lokacin Yakin Ceto Bangladesh. Bayan samun 'yancin kai na Bangladesh, an saki Mujib daga tsarewar Pakistan saboda matsin lamba na kasa da kasa kuma ya koma Dhaka a watan Janairun 1972 bayan ziyarar takaice zuwa Burtaniya da Indiya.