Indira Nehru Gandhi3 December 1971
Pakistan strikes Indian airfields, and Indira Gandhi's government responds by entering the war that ends with Bangladesh's independence.
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Pakistan strikes Indian airfields, and Indira Gandhi's government responds by entering the war that ends with Bangladesh's independence.
The surrender at Dhaka ends the eastern campaign and secures the emergence of independent Bangladesh.
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