Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Pakistan, kubvira parusununguko, yakakamurwa kuita matunhu makuru maviri, West Pakistan neEast Pakistan. East Pakistan yaigarwa zvikurukuru navanhu vechiBengali. Pashure pebasa remauto ePakistan nokupondwa kwevanhu vechiBengali muna December 1971, pashure penhamo yezvematongerwe enyika muEast Pakistan, mugariro wacho wakakurumidza kubuda mukudzora muEast Pakistan uye India yakapindira ichitsigira vagari veBengali vakanga vachipandukira. 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 kwekurwisa kwakaitwa neIndia Navy kurwisa chiteshi chemuvengi, apo chiteshi cheKarachi chakarwiswa 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.