<Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Indo - Pakistani War of 1971 </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Part of the Indo - Pakistani wars and conflicts and Bangladesh Liberation War </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Lieutenant - General A.A.K. Niazi, the commander of Pakistan Eastern Command, signing the instrument of surrender in Dhaka on 16 Dec 1971, in the presence of India's Lt. Gen. Jagjit Singh Aurora . Standing immediately behind from Left to Right: Indian Navy Vice Admiral Krishnan, Indian Air Force Air Marshal Dewan, Indian Army Lt Gen Sagat Singh, Maj Gen JFR Jacob (with Flt Lt Krishnamurthy peering over his shoulder). Veteran newscaster, Surojit Sen of All India Radio, is seen holding a microphone on the right . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> 3--16 December 1971 (13 days) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> Eastern Front: <Ul> <Li> India--East Pakistan border <Ul> <Li> Bay of Bengal </Li> <Li> Pasha enclaves </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> <P> Western Front: </P> <Ul> <Li> India--Pakistan border <Ul> <Li> Line of Control </Li> <Li> Arabian Sea </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Result </Th> <Td> Decisive Indian victory . Eastern front: Surrender of East Pakistan military command . Western front: Unilateral Ceasefire . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Territorial changes </Th> <Td> <P> Eastern Front: </P> <Ul> <Li> Independence of East Pakistan as Bangladesh </Li> </Ul> <P> Western Front: </P> <Ul> <Li> Indian forces captured around 5,795 square miles (15,010 km) land in the West but returned it in the Simla Agreement as a gesture of goodwill . </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Belligerents </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> India </P> Provisional Bangladesh </Td> <Td> <P> Pakistan </P> East Pakistan </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Commanders and leaders </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> V.V. Giri (President of India) Indira Gandhi (Prime Minister of India) Swaran Singh (External Minister of India) Jagjivan Ram (Defence Minister of India) Gen Sam Manekshaw (Chief of Army Staff) Lt. Gen J.S. Arora (GOC - in - C, Eastern Command) Lt. Gen G.G. Bewoor (GOC - in - C, Southern Command) Lt. Gen K.P. Candeth (GOC - in - C, Western Command) Lt. Gen Manohar Lal (GOC - in - C, Northern Command) Lt. Gen Premindra Bhagat (GOC - in - C, Central Command) Lt. Gen Sagat Singh (GOC - in - C, IV Corps) Lt. Gen T.N. Raina (GOC - in - C, II Corps) Lt. Gen Sartaj Singh (GOC - in - C, XV Corps) Lt. Gen Karan Singh (GOC - in - C, I Corps) Lt. Gen Depinder Singh (GOC - in - C, XII Corps) MajGen Farj R. Jacob (COS, Eastern Command) MajGen Om Malhotra (COS, IV Corps) MajGen Inderjit Singh Gill (Dir, Military Operations) Adm S.M. Nanda (Chief of Naval Staff) VAdm S.N. Kohli (Cdr . Western Naval Command) ACM Pratap C. Lal (Chief of Air Staff) Rameshwar Kao (Director of RAW) Tajuddin Ahmad (PM Provisional Government) Col. M.A.G. Osmani (Commander, Mukti Bahini) </Td> <Td> Yahya Khan (President of Pakistan) Nurul Amin (Prime Minister of Pakistan) Gen. A.H. Khan (Chief of Staff, Army GHQ) Lt. Gen A.A.K. Niazi (Commander, Eastern Command) Lt. Gen Gul Hassan Khan (Chief of General Staff) Lt. Gen Abdul Ali Malik (Commander, I Corps) Lt. Gen Tikka Khan (Commander, II Corps) Lt. Gen Sher Khan (Commander, IV Corps) MGen Iftikhar Janjua † (GOC, 23rd Infantry Division) MGen Khadim Hussain (GOC, 14th Infantry Division) VAdm Muzaffar Hassan (Cdr - in - Chief, Navy) RAdm Rashid Ahmed (COS, Navy NHQ) RAdm Moh'd Shariff (Cdr, Eastern Naval Command) RAdm M.A.K. Lodhi (Cdr, Western Naval Command) RAdm Leslie Norman (Commander, Pakistan Marines) AM Abdul Rahim Khan (Cdr - in - Chief, Air Force) AVM P.D. Callaghan (Chief Ins, Pakistan Air Force) Air Cdre Inamul Haq (Cdr Eastern Air Command) Gp. Capt . Z.A. Khan (COS, Air AHQ Dhaka) Abdul Motaleb Malik (Governor of East Pakistan) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Strength </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Indian Armed Forces: 500,000 Mukti Bahini: 175,000 Total: 675,000 </Td> <Td> Pakistan Armed Forces: 365,000 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Casualties and losses </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> 2,500--3,843 killed . </P> <Ul> <Li> 1 Naval aircraft </Li> <Li> Damage to western Indian airfields . </Li> </Ul> <P> Pakistani claims </P> <Ul> <Li> 130 IAF Aircraft </Li> </Ul> <P> Indian claims </P> <Ul> <Li> 45 IAF Aircraft </Li> </Ul> <P> Neutral claims </P> <Ul> <Li> 45 IAF Aircraft </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <P> 9,000 killed 25,000 wounded 97,368 captured 2 Destroyers 1 Minesweeper 1 Submarine 3 Patrol vessels 7 Gunboats </P> <Ul> <Li> Pakistani main port Karachi facilities damaged / fuel tanks destroyed </Li> <Li> Pakistani airfields damaged and cratered </Li> </Ul> <P> Pakistani claims </P> <Ul> <Li> 42 PAF Aircraft </Li> </Ul> <P> Indian claims </P> <Ul> <Li> 94 PAF Aircraft </Li> </Ul> <P> Neutral claims </P> <Ul> <Li> 75 PAF Aircraft </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Indo - Pakistani War of 1971 </Th> </Tr>

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