On 11 April 1971, Yahya appointed his loyal general Tikka Khan as the Governor General and the Chief Martial Law administrator of Bangladesh and as such he was the highest authority on both civil and military administrations. The Pakistani military junta was confident about Tikka's ability in violent repression of Bangalee nationalist movement. Tikka Khan proved his ability as a formidable machine for massacre by killing thousands of Bangalees on 25 March, 1971. Tikka unleashed such a terrible reign of terror that even the blockheaded General Niazi, a soldier himself, was critical of his Tikka's ruthless massacre of the unarmed civilians of Bangladesh:
"General Tikka let loose every thing at his disposal as if raiding an enemy and not dealing with his own misguided and misled people. The military action was a display of stark cruelty, more merciless than the massacre at Bakhura and Baghdad by Changez Khan and Halaku Khan and at Jalianwala Bagh by British General Dyer"
" ....On the night (25 March, 1971) Tikka Khan ordered for action, 50, 000 people were killed".
Niazi: Betrayal of East Pakistan
Brigadier Shah Abdul Quasim on the massacre of 25th March: "no pitched battle was fought on the 25th of March in Dhaka. Excessive force was used on that night. Army personnel acted under the influence of revenge and anger during the military operation.... mortars were used to blast two Residence Halls, thus causing excessive casualties."
Massacre in Comilla Cantonment: On 27th/28th of March, 1971) under the orders of CO 53 Field Regiment, Lt. Gen. Yakub Malik, 17 Bangalee officers and 915 men were slain. There was a general feeling of hatred against Bangalees amongst the soldiers and officers including Generals of Pakistan army. There were verbal instructions to eliminate Hindus. In Salda Nadi area about 500 persons were killed.
Excerpts from the book written by Mohammad Ashraf, Additional Deputy Commissioner, Dhaka in 1971, : "after the military action the Bangalees were made aliens in their own homeland. The life, property, and honor of even the most highly placed among them were not safe. People were picked up from their homes on suspicion and dispatched to Bangladesh, a term used to describe summary executions. .... The victims included Army and Police Officers, businessmen, civilian officers etc. ......There was no Rule of Law in East Pakistan. A man had no remedy if he was on the wanted list of the army.... Army officers who were doing intelligence were raw hands, ignorant of the local language and callous of Bangalee sensibilities."
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Courtesy : Muktodhara
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General Tikka Khan did not keep his words "I WANT LAND NOT PERSONS", he should have eliminated whole RACE to save Pakistan. He controlled the so called BENGLA DESH but NIAZI could not handle the situation. More cleansing from the MUKHTI HARAMI was needed and all of these enemies and GHADAR BENGALI should be sent to HERE AFTER Bengladesh. No Most Harami Bengla Deshi HASEENA Wajid (How can you say her HASINA; she is ugly looking, HARAMZADI) is ruining this country which is only 6 inches higher than the sea level. If it is spared from a CIVIL WAR then Climate Changes will eliminate this place of monkeys.
ReplyDeletePakistan shall disintegrate into 5 countries in coming years. I hope you big mouth see these before entering the toasty quarter in the Hell.
DeleteI am a Pakistani and i am ashamed of what our army and politicians did with East Pakistan/Bangladesh. Most pakistanis feel the same, now that they know the reality, thanks to Pakistani media.
ReplyDeleteBangladesh has every right to claim apologies, reparations and extradition of war criminals from Pakistan.
I agree-
Delete"Quran states killing a single human is like killing all humanity"
DeleteThe Killings in Bangladesh , the rapes is disgusting
War criminals should be exposed so no one can do this in the future. The families should be paid cash who were affected.
All these moron generals never deliver in a war situation, they shit in their pants and run or get arrested like in Bangladesh. It’s good that one civilian MLA gave dishonorable discharge to few, they all should have been prosecuted for treason and hanged for their war crimes but they still rule the whole country, so nothing happens to them. They are only good at fighting with unarmed civilians that's what they do and rob the country of most of its revenue to ride on land-cruiser jeeps and Mercedes trucks while rest nation lives on meager livelihood. They did the same in Sind and now doing in Baluchistan. They are more of entrepreneur than soldiers. They made a lot of money in afghan war and now the mercenary services are sold to ME countries or whoever is eager to pay for the commodity.
ReplyDeleteMujib The Butcher of a united Pakistan.
ReplyDeleteGeneral Tikka Khan the Hero of Pakistan.
Battle of Chawinda 1965: The Largest Tank Battle after WWII.
Gen Tikka Khan was commanding and facing daunting/ferocious attack from Indian tanks in huge numbers. General Tikka had only one strategic/option in the light of a massive onslaught from Indian tanks and limited number of anti-tank missile with Pak army to hit the target without wasting short supply of missiles. Gen. Tikka volunteered to wrap a missile and lie before oncoming tank and he also invited volunteers to act accordingly. He had sufficient soldier volunteers to offer their sacrifice. The General was asked to only guide, command them and save himself to the end. The strategy succeeded and after first few rows of tanks were blown to smithereens/destroyed (without any miss) by the lion hearted Mujahids of Pakistan Army, remaining enemy soldiers had no option but to back off resulting in to would be defeat to resounding/fulgent victory of Pakistan Army and the Chawinda front remained with Pakistan armed forces.
So heroes of 1965 shit in their pants in 1971. Keep on living in glories of the past, even go further back in centuries where you could find something to hang on to.
DeletePeople who don’t learn hard lessons in their history, can never get any better and face shame.
Mujib was not a butcher rather his nation was butchered and raped by so called Pak army.
Even the war in 65 was a failure, orchestrated by ZAB and Ayyub Khan, sending insurgents in Kashmir. Those Jahils treated Kashmiri Muslims as enemies, looted and raped them. That’s why Kashmiris don’t trust you anymore regardless of the hue and cry that is generated by the hypocrite leadership.
Kashmir was lost to India in a battlefield that could never be won back through UN or in any other talk forum, so forget it, even Cargill was lost few years ago but not conceded yet. As I said, our army is more entrepreneurs than soldiers; so far they are into real state, banking, consumer financing, insurance, employment, transportation, security, fertilizer, cement, petroleum, sugar, meat, dairy products, farming, cereals, energy, terminals, and what not. On top, they grab key civilian positions after retiring. The nation gave them mandate to save the country but they want to own their daily life with the money extortion in everything the nation does. It’s going to be bleak for a very long time for you until they realize like Turkey.
The Hero of Chiwanda was Colonel Nisar Ahmad Khan a God fearing man, who saved Pakistan. Check the history.
DeleteBangladesh was only a token call.....the same mistakes are being repeated in Baluchistan..without any changes in script.......wanna bet......????? it won't be part of Pakistan in next 20-30 years......
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ReplyDeleteThe war criminals of Pakistan Army, navy and air force from the 1971 war must be taken to Hague with hand cuff, both foot chained, in a criminal prisioner attire for legal proceedings. Crime against humanity must not be tolerated under any circumstances. It is pertinent to mention here that all war criminals must be treated equally regardless of their rank or rate.
ReplyDeleteSo Much hatred from both of the sides!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteThis have got to stop
Both side are guilty of atrocities. Both sides should apologize to each other.
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