Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Kafin a kama shi a daren 25 ga Maris, 1971, Mujib ya yi kira ga 'yan Bengal da su yi gwagwarmaya don samun' yancin kansu; 'yan kungiyar Mukti Bahini - sojojin' yanci na kasa da suka hada da sojojin Bengal, sojoji da fararen hula - sun ayyana sanarwar samun 'yanci daga Chittagong. Rundunar East Bengal da East Pakistan Rifles sun taka muhimmiyar rawa a cikin juriya. A karkashin jagorancin Janar M. A. G. Osmani da kwamandojin bangare goma sha ɗaya, Sojojin Bangladesh sun yi yaƙin neman zaɓe da yawa a kan sojojin Pakistan. Sun 'yantar da garuruwa da birane da yawa a farkon watanni na rikici. Sojojin Pakistan sun sake samun karfin gwiwa a lokacin damina. 'Yan bindigar Bengal sun yi sabotage mai yawa, gami da Operation Jackpot a kan Sojojin Ruwa na Pakistan. Sojojin sama na Bangladesh da ke tasowa sun tashi sama da sansanonin sojin Pakistan. A watan Nuwamba, sojojin Bangladesh sun hana sojojin Pakistan shiga barikin su da daddare. Sun tabbatar da iko da mafi yawan yankunan karkara. kuma gwamnatin Awami League a gudun hijira a Mujibnagar ta ayyana jihar Bangladesh a matsayin mai zaman kanta. Alamar kasuwanci ta Mujib "Joy Bangla" (" Nasara ga Bengal ") gaisuwa ta zama kiran gangamin 'yan kishin Bengal, wadanda suka tattara don kafa rundunar' yan tawaye ta Mukti Bahini, wacce ta sami horo da kayan aiki daga gwamnatin Indiya. Taimakon Indiya
a lokacin da yakin neman 'yanci zai haifar da mika wuya ga sojojin Pakistan da kuma kafa jihar Bangladesh a ranar 16 ga watan Disamba.