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Eastern Command

Pakistan · Warfare / Indian Wars. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1971Date range
2Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1971

Agha Muhammad Yahya KhanMarch 1971

Dhaka · Warfare / Indian Wars

Yahya Khan places Tikka Khan in authority in East Pakistan as the political crisis develops into armed conflict.

Amir Abdullah Khan NiaziApril 1971

Dhaka · Warfare / Indian Wars

A. A. K. Niazi assumes command of Pakistan's Eastern Command during the Bangladesh Liberation War.

Names involved

Agha Muhammad Yahya KhanAmir Abdullah Khan Niazi

Provenance

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