Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Bayan ya halarci wasan kwaikwayo na Bahar Rum na Yaƙin Duniya na II a madadin Sojojin Indiya na Biritaniya na Biritaniya, ya zaɓi zama ɗan ƙasar Pakistan kuma ya shiga rundunarsa bayan Burtaniya ta raba Indiya a 1947, kuma ya taimaka wajen aiwatar da ɓoye ɓoye a cikin Kashmir na Indiya wanda ya haifar da yaƙin da Indiya a 1965. Bayan da aka nada shi a matsayin kwamandan rundunar soji a shekarar 1966, Yahya Khan ya karbi shugabancin daga wani tsohon mai mulkin kama karya kuma ya zabi Shugaba Ayub Khan, wanda bai iya magance tashin hankalin 1969 a Gabashin Pakistan ba, ya tilasta masa yin murabus ta hanyar zanga-zangar kuma ya ba shi ofishin. Yahya Khan daga baya ya aiwatar da dokar ta baci ta hanyar dakatar da kundin tsarin mulki. Gudanar da zaɓen ƙasa na farko a cikin ƙasa a cikin 1970, shekaru 23 bayan samun 'yancin kai, ya jinkirta sauyawar mulki ga Sheikh Mujibur Rahman mai nasara daga Gabashin Pakistan, wanda ya ƙara rura wutar tashin hankali na farar hula a Gabas, kuma ya ba da izini ga hukumomin Gabashin Pakistan don murkushe tashin hankali.
tawaye. Kimanin mutane miliyan 10 ne suka nemi mafaka a Indiya. A cewar masu bincike masu zaman kansu, tsakanin mutane 300,000 zuwa 500,000 sun mutu a cikin abin da a yau ake ɗauka a matsayin kisan kare dangi na 1971 na Bangladesh.