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- Evolution_of_Pakistan_Eastern_Command_plan abstract "The Eastern Military High Command of the Pakistan Armed Forces was a field-level military command headed by an appointed senior 3-star officer, who was designated the Unified Commander of the Eastern Military High Command. After the partition of India by Great Britain, the Islamic Republic of Pakistan was divided into two territories separated by 1,000 miles (1,600 km) (prior to the independence of Bangladesh in 1971). Most of the Pakistan armed forces were stationed in West Pakistan; the role of the Pakistan armed forces in East Pakistan was to hold out until Pakistan defeated India in the west (in case of war). The Pakistan armed forces created the Eastern Military High Command, with one unified commander of the Pakistan armed forces responsible for the command. The armed forces (particularly the Pakistan Army), had drawn up a plan to defend Dhaka by concentrating all their forces along the Dhaka Bowl (the area surrounded by the rivers Jamuna, Padma and Meghna). After Pakistan launched Operation Searchlight and Operation Barisal to curb the Awami League-led political movement in March 1971 (leading to the creation of Mukti Bahini and insurgency throughout Bangladesh), General Niazi (last unified commander of the Eastern Military High Command) revised the existing plan according to the Pakistan's premier General Headquarters (GHQ) directive (which emphasized the need to prevent the Mukti Bahini from occupying any area of the province and to fight for every inch of territory). HQ expected the Indians to occupy a large area of the province, transfer the Mukti Bahini and Bengali refugees there and recognize the Bangladesh government in exile – turning the insurgency into an international diplomatic issue. General Niazi (and his deputy unified commander, Vice-Admiral Mohammad Shariff) designated 10 cities (Jessore, Jhenaidah, Bogra, Rangpur, Jamalpur, Mymensingh, Sylhet, Comilla and Chittagong) on major communication hubs as "fortress towns" and placed the bulk of his troops near the Indian border. The final plan called for the armed forces to delay Indian attacks at the border and then gradually fall back to the fortress towns. From the fortresses, part of the surviving force was to take up positions near Dhaka and hold out until India was defeated in the west; Pakistani forces in the fortress towns would delay the bulk of the Indian forces and prevent them from concentrating on Dhaka.".
- Evolution_of_Pakistan_Eastern_Command_plan activeYearsEndYear "1971".
- Evolution_of_Pakistan_Eastern_Command_plan activeYearsStartYear "1947".
- Evolution_of_Pakistan_Eastern_Command_plan commander General_officer_commanding.
- Evolution_of_Pakistan_Eastern_Command_plan commander Lieutenant_general.
- Evolution_of_Pakistan_Eastern_Command_plan country Pakistan.
- Evolution_of_Pakistan_Eastern_Command_plan garrison Dhaka.
- Evolution_of_Pakistan_Eastern_Command_plan garrison East_Pakistan.
- Evolution_of_Pakistan_Eastern_Command_plan notableCommander Vice_admiral.
- Evolution_of_Pakistan_Eastern_Command_plan secondCommander Officer_(armed_forces).
- Evolution_of_Pakistan_Eastern_Command_plan secondCommander Vice_admiral.
- Evolution_of_Pakistan_Eastern_Command_plan thirdCommander Air_marshal.
- Evolution_of_Pakistan_Eastern_Command_plan thirdCommander Commander-in-chief.
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- Evolution_of_Pakistan_Eastern_Command_plan commander Amir_Abdullah_Khan_Niazi.
- Evolution_of_Pakistan_Eastern_Command_plan commander General_officer_commanding.
- Evolution_of_Pakistan_Eastern_Command_plan commander Lieutenant_general.
- Evolution_of_Pakistan_Eastern_Command_plan commander Mohammad_Shariff.
- Evolution_of_Pakistan_Eastern_Command_plan commander Officer_(armed_forces).
- Evolution_of_Pakistan_Eastern_Command_plan commander Vice_admiral.
- Evolution_of_Pakistan_Eastern_Command_plan commander "Air Mshl Enamul Huq, AOC-in-C".
- Evolution_of_Pakistan_Eastern_Command_plan commander1Label "Unified Commander of Pakistan Armed Forces".
- Evolution_of_Pakistan_Eastern_Command_plan commander2Label "Commander of Eastern Naval Command".
- Evolution_of_Pakistan_Eastern_Command_plan commander3Label "Commander of Eastern Air Command".
- Evolution_of_Pakistan_Eastern_Command_plan dates "--08-14".
- Evolution_of_Pakistan_Eastern_Command_plan dates "1971-12-16".
- Evolution_of_Pakistan_Eastern_Command_plan garrison "Dhaka, East Pakistan".
- Evolution_of_Pakistan_Eastern_Command_plan garrisonLabel "Eastern Military High Command Headquarters".
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- Evolution_of_Pakistan_Eastern_Command_plan list "LGen Khan • RAdm Hassan • LGen Mutinuddin • LGen Khan • MGen Uddin • VAdm Ahsan • Air Cdre Masud • LGen Khan • VAdm Shariff • LGen Niazi".
- Evolution_of_Pakistan_Eastern_Command_plan notableCommanders Syed_Mohammad_Ahsan.
- Evolution_of_Pakistan_Eastern_Command_plan notableCommanders Vice_admiral.
- Evolution_of_Pakistan_Eastern_Command_plan rawName "Unified Commanders of the Pakistan Eastern Command".
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- Evolution_of_Pakistan_Eastern_Command_plan title "Unified Commanders of the Eastern Military High Command".
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- Evolution_of_Pakistan_Eastern_Command_plan subject Category:Political_history_of_Pakistan.
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- Evolution_of_Pakistan_Eastern_Command_plan comment "The Eastern Military High Command of the Pakistan Armed Forces was a field-level military command headed by an appointed senior 3-star officer, who was designated the Unified Commander of the Eastern Military High Command. After the partition of India by Great Britain, the Islamic Republic of Pakistan was divided into two territories separated by 1,000 miles (1,600 km) (prior to the independence of Bangladesh in 1971).".
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