Mukti Bahini

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Mukti Bahini was the Bengali guerrilla resistance force that fought for Bangladesh’s independence from Pakistan in 1971.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf guerrilla force
military organization
resistance movement
activeInConflict Bangladesh Liberation War
activePeriodEnd 1971
activePeriodStart 1971
alignedWith Provisional Government of Bangladesh
surface form: Bangladesh government-in-exile
alsoKnownAs Mukti Bahini
surface form: Bangladeshi Liberation Forces
associatedWithEvent Operation Searchlight (as resistance)
casualties high
commander General M. A. G. Osmani
surface form: Colonel M. A. G. Osmani
commanderTitle Commander-in-Chief
commemoratedOn Bangladesh Independence Day
surface form: Independence Day (Bangladesh)

Victory Day
surface form: Victory Day (Bangladesh)
conflict Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
contributedTo creation of Bangladesh
country People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan)
surface form: Bangladesh
disestablished early 1970s
goal independence of Bangladesh
hasMediaDepiction Bangladeshi literature on Liberation War
Bangladeshi war films
headquartersDuringWar Provisional Government of Bangladesh
surface form: Mujibnagar (provisional)
ideology Bangladeshi nationalism
integratedInto Bangladesh Armed Forces
languageOfName Bengali
meaningOfName Liberation Army
notableOperation sabotage of communication lines in East Pakistan
support to Indian forces during December 1971 offensive
operationalArea People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan)
surface form: East Pakistan

present-day Bangladesh
opponent Pakistan Army
Razakars
surface form: Razakar (paramilitary)
opposedTo Pakistan
partOf Bangladesh Liberation War
surface form: Bangladeshi independence movement
receivedSupportFrom India
Indian Army
receivedTrainingFrom Indian Army
receivedTrainingIn Indian training camps
recognizedBy Government of Bangladesh
subUnit K Force
Mukti Bahini self-linksurface differs
surface form: Mukti Fauj

Naval Commandos
S Force
Z Force
symbolOf Bangladeshi resistance
usedTactics guerrilla warfare
hit-and-run attacks
sabotage
victorySide People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan)
surface form: Bangladesh

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 supported Mukti Bahini
this entity surface form: Bangladeshi Mukti Bahini
Mukti Bahini alsoKnownAs Mukti Bahini
this entity surface form: Bangladeshi Liberation Forces
Mukti Bahini subUnit Mukti Bahini self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Mukti Fauj
General M. A. G. Osmani militaryBranch Mukti Bahini
this entity surface form: Bangladesh Forces
General M. A. G. Osmani servedIn Mukti Bahini
this entity surface form: Bangladesh Forces during the Liberation War
General M. A. G. Osmani commanded Mukti Bahini
General A. A. K. Niazi surrenderedTo Mukti Bahini
subject surface form: A. A. K. Niazi