Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pakistan, kubvira parusununguko, yakakamurwa geo-zvematongerwe enyika kuva matunhu makuru maviri, West Pakistan neEast Pakistan. East Pakistan yaigarwa zvikurukuru navanhu vechiBengali. Pashure pebasa remauto ePakistan uye
kuparadzwa kwevanhu vechiBengali muna December 1971, zvichitevera dambudziko rezvematongerwe enyika muEast Pakistan, mamiriro ezvinhu akakurumidza kubuda mukutonga muEast Pakistan uye India yakapindira ichibatsira vanhu vechiBengali vaipandukira. Kurwisana kwacho, hondo pfupi asi ine ropa, kwakaguma nokuzvimiririra kweEast Pakistan. Muhondo, Mauto eIndia akapinda muEast Pakistan kubva kumativi matatu, nepo Mauto eIndia akashandisa inotakura ndege INS Vikrant (R11) kumisikidza kurambidzwa kwegungwa kweEast Pakistan. Hondo yakaona kutanga kwekurwiswa kwakaitwa neIndian Navy kurwisa chiteshi chemuvengi, apo Karachi chiteshi chakapambwa kaviri panguva yeOperation Trident (1971) uye Operation Python. Kurwisa uku kwakaparadza chikamu chakakura chesimba rehondo yePakistan, nepo pasina ngarava yeIndia yakarasika. Zvisinei, Indian Navy yakarasikirwa nengarava imwe chete, apo INS Khukri (F149) yakaputitswa nechikepe chePakistan. Mazuva 13 pashure pokupinda muPakistan Kumabvazuva, varwi vechiPakistani 93 000 vakazviisa mumaoko ehondo yeIndia neMukti Bahini. Pashure pokunge mauto ePakistan akundwa, East Pakistan yakava nyika yakazvimirira yeBangladesh.