Mukti Bahini facts for kids
Mukti Bahini (Bengali: মুক্তি বাহিনী) was a Bengali military force in East Pakistan. It fought against the Pakistan Army in the Bangladesh Liberation War. The war was fought in 1971, and the group was formed during the war. This organisation was also known as the Liberation Army of Bengal. Together with India it fought against the forces of West Pakistan. After the war, East Pakistan became independent from West Pakistan, and is known as Bangladesh today.
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Location of West Pakistani (marked green) and rebel Bangladeshi (marked red) military units in March 1971.
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Italian howitzers used by the Mujib Battery; now preserved at the Bangladesh Military Museum.
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Pakistan's Lt. Gen. A. A. K. Niazi signing the Pakistani Instrument of Surrender in Dhaka on 16 December 1971, in the presence of India's Lt. Gen. Aurora. Standing behind them are various officers from India's Army, Navy and Air Force.
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Aparajeyo Bangla (Invincible Bengal) was finished on 16 December 1978 by Syed Abdullah Khalid at University of Dhaka Campus, is a Monument to Mukti Bahini.
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The National Martyrs' Memorial in Bangladesh
