Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An ce Sheikh Mujibur Rahman ya fara motsi na shida a 1966 a Sandwip. A lokacin yakin neman zaben Pakistan na shekarar 1970, Mohammad Shah Bangali na Sandwip shi ne mascot mawaƙin gargajiya na Awami League. Yankin ya sha wahala sosai a lokacin guguwar Bhola ta 1970 kuma a matsayin martani, Gwamnatin Pakistan ta aika da jiragen ruwa guda uku da jirgin asibiti dauke da ma'aikatan lafiya da kayayyaki. Gwamnatin Singapore ta aika da aikin likita na soja zuwa kasar, wanda aka tura zuwa Sandwip inda suka kula da kusan mutane 27,000 kuma suka gudanar da aikin rigakafin cutar kyanda. A lokacin da
Yakin 'Yanci na Bangladesh na 1971, an haɗa Sandwip a cikin Sashen 1. A ranar 10 ga Mayu, an kashe fararen hula da yawa ciki har da Jahedur Rahman, lauya a garin Sandwip da aka kashe a gadar Kargil. A wannan ranar, an kama Jasim Uddin, dalibi a Kwalejin Chittagong, a Sandwip kuma aka kai shi Chittagong don a daure shi. Daga baya aka sake shi amma ya ci gaba a matsayin mai gwagwarmayar neman 'yancin Bengal, wanda ya kai ga kashe shi a ranar 10 ga Disamba.