Ku sii wad qodobkan - Waxaa la sheegay in Sheekh Mujibur Rahman's 1966 Six point movement uu ka bilowday Sandwip. Intii lagu guda jiray ololihii doorashada guud ee 1970 ee Pakistan, Mohammad Shah Bangali oo ka tirsan Sandwip wuxuu ahaa heesaha qowmiyadeed ee Awami League. Aagga waxaa si weyn u saameeyey duufaantii Bhola ee 1970kii, jawaab ahaan, Dowladda Pakistan waxay u dirtay saddex doomood oo qoryo ah iyo markab isbitaal oo wata shaqaale caafimaad iyo sahay. Dowladda Singapore waxay u dirtay howlgal caafimaad oo milatari dalka, kaas oo markaa loo geeyay Sandwip halkaas oo ay ku daweeyeen ku dhawaad 27,000 oo qof waxayna sameeyeen dadaal tallaalka cudurka jadeecada. Dagaalkii Xoreynta ee Bangladesh
1971, Sandwip waxaa lagu daray qaybta 1. 10-kii Maajo, dad badan oo rayid ah ayaa la dilay oo ay ku jiraan Jahedur Rahman, oo ahaa qareen ka tirsan magaalada Sandwip oo lagu dilay Buundada Kargil. Isla maalintaas, Jasim Uddin, oo arday ka ahaa Kulliyadda Chittagong, ayaa laga qabtay Sandwip waxaana loo qaaday Chittagong si loo xiro. Markii dambe waa la sii daayay laakiin wuxuu sii waday inuu noqdo halyeey xorriyadeed oo reer Bengal ah, taasoo keentay in la dilo 10kii Diseembar.