Battles of Belonia Bulge

Series of Battles in Belonia Bulge during the Bangladesh Liberation War

Part of Bangladesh Liberation War

Date	4 June - 5 December 1971 (6 months, 1 day)
Location	East Pakistan-Indian Border (Feni-Belonia, Noakhali, Chittagong-Tripura)
Result	Bangladesh-Indian victory Pakistan Army devastating militarily failure
Territorial changes	Feni and Belonia liberated by Bangladesh Forces

Belligerents

Bangladesh

Bangladesh Forces

India

Pakistan

Commanders and leaders

Khaled Mosharraf

Zafar Imam
Imam uz-Zaman
Syed Mizanur Rahman
Didar Atwar Hossain
Mokhlesur Rahman
Ghulam Mustafa
Mujibuddin Chowdhury Dulal

Unknown

Units involved

East Bengal Regiment

Kilo Force

Indian Army

24 Frontier Force Regiment

Strength

10,000 troops (9,000 Paramilitaries, Guerrillas and 1,000 Regulars)

Several Thousand

Unknown

Casualties and losses

Several killed and wounded

Bangladesh Liberation War

Mukti Bahini resistance

Indian intervention

Cactus-Lilly
Chengiz Khan
Jackpot^‡
PNS Ghazi
Trident
Python
Kamalpur
Basantar
Boyra
Chamb
Dhalai
Hilli^‡
Longewala
Sylhet^‡
Meghna Heli Bridge
Tangail
Air War^‡
Naval War

Bangladesh genocide

Systematic events

§ indicates events in the internal resistance movement linked to the Indo-Pakistani War.
‡ indicates events in the Indo-Pakistani War linked to the internal resistance movement in Bangladesh.

The Battles of Belonia Bulge were a series of military engagements between guerrillas of the Bangladesh Forces which received support from the Indian Army against the Pakistani forces during the Bangladesh Liberation War.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]^{[excessive citations]}

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