1971.09.21, District (Comilla), Newspaper (Hindustan Standard), Wars
A contingent of Pak Army thrown back in Comilla AGARTALA, SEPT. 20 – The Bangladesh Liberation Force threw back a contingent of the Pakistani Army which raided Mirzapur village in Comilla on Wednesday and indulged in arson, looting and killing, saya UNI....
1971.09.20, Newspaper (Hindustan Standard), Wars
Pak troops fire again KRISHNAGAR, Sept 19 (UNI) – Pakistani troops resumed firing from across the border of the Kurmipara and Raninagar villages near Shikarpur, about 95 kms. from here. this morning official sources said. The firing lasted about three hours. The...
1971.09.20, Newspaper (Hindustan Standard), Wars
400 Pak troops die in guerilla attacks MUJIBNAGAR, September 19. About 400 Pakistani troops were killed in commando attacks by the Mukti Bahini in wide areas of Comilla, Noakhali and Kushtia sectors during the last five day’s according to reliable reports...
1971.10.11, Heroes & Wars, Newspaper (Hindustan Standard)
Mukti Bahini poised for big assaults From TOOSHAR PANDIT, Mukti Bahini, the liberation force of Bangladesh, started at a disadvantage. When Yahya ordered a crackdown in March he had all the advantages of surprise attack. Men and officers of the East Bengal Regiment,...
1971.10.11, Heroes & Wars, Newspaper (Hindustan Standard)
Two-tire training for Mukti Bahini Is variously estimated between 50,000 and 100,000. Whatever the actual strength is, the hard core of the professional soldiers in the Mukti Bahini is not likely to be more than 30,000 including about 5000 men and officers of the EBR...
1971.11.10, District (Jessore), Newspaper (Hindustan Standard), Wars
Battle for Sylhet stepped up Form Our Own Correspondent, KARIMGANJ, NOV. 9 – The flight for the liberation of Bangladesh has been stepped up in Sylhet district. According to one Mukti Fouj official whom I met on the Bangladesh border yesterday told me that the...
1971.11.26, District (Jessore), Newspaper (Hindustan Standard), Wars
Fall of Jessore imminent, Pak army encircled From A B MOOSA, BENAPOLE (BANGLADESH), NOV. 25 – The fall of Jessore town is imminent, in a three-pronged attack the Mukti Bahini has surrounded the town and its airport and is heavily shelling the cantonment. If...
1971.09.04, Collaborators, Newspaper (Hindustan Standard), Wars
250 Pak troops and 45 Razakars killed MUJIBNAGAR, Sept. 3. Mukti Bahini guerilla operating in the eastern sector have killed 256 Pakistani troops and at least 45 Razakars since August 25, reports PTI. According to a spokesman of the Bangladesh Government the guerillas...
1971.09.04, Newspaper (Hindustan Standard)
Pak saboteurs lying low in Karimganj area From Our Own Correspondent, KARIMGANJ, SEPT. 3 – After the detection of two explosives on the Karimganj border near Lamajuar on the night of August 27 by the police no other sabotage activities have been reported on this...
1971.09.05, Newspaper (Hindustan Standard), Wars
Pak troops shell camps From Our Agartala Office, SEPT. 4 – Pak troops shelled refugee camps for two hours this morning on the border area between Gopalnagar to Katamara (distance 20 kilometers) in the Mohanpur area of sadar subdivision in Tripura. According to...
