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The following thread might not go down well with the Pakistani brothers but it is fact.
Operation Jackpot
Operation Jackpot was the codename assigned to 4 simultaneous operations launched by the Indian Navy and the Bangladesh naval commandos Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971. The original Operation Jackpot was the logistical and training operation set up under the Indian Army Eastern Command to aid the Mukti Bahini led insurgency. The Naval commando operation that sabotaged Pakistani ships in Chittagong, Chandpur, Mongla and Naryanganj on the 15th of August is known in Bangladesh as Operation Jackpot. The confusion about the date of operation was also clarified in this book. Though Major Rafiqul Islam wrote the operation was done on the 16th. Finally, the operational plan of Lt Gen Sagat Singh, commanding the Indian Army IV corps and Mukti Bahini personnel against Pakistani forces defending the eastern sector (Syhlet, Comilla, Noakhali and Chittagong districts) during December 3-16 may have been named Operation Jackpot.
Bangladesh naval commando operation (August 16, 1971)
Bangladesh naval commando operation actually originated at Toulon, a coastal city of Southern France. In 1971, there were 11 naval crews of East Pakistan who were receiving training in a Pakistani submarine. Among them, only one commissioned officer (Mosharraf Hassain) and 8 crews decided to take the submarine and to fight against Pakistani. However, their plan was disclosed and they had to ran away under severe death threats from Pakistani intelligence. Out of these 9 crews, one were killed by Pakistani Intelligence and rest of the 8 managed to travel to Indian Embassy in Geneva, Switzerland. From Geneva, Indian Embassy took them to New Delhi on the 9th of April at 9:30 a.m. and set up a top secret naval training for them. After the Pakistani Army had driven the Mukti Bahini into India, Bangladesh forces entered a period of reorganization to train guerrillas, set up networks and safe houses in the occupied territories to run the insurgency and rebuild the conventional forces during June/July of 1971. As the pace of operations slacked off, the civilian morale was adversely affected, which prompted Pakistani authorities claiming that the situation was normal in East Pakistan. 2 specific operations were launched in response, 1) Guerrilla attacks in targets in Dhaka by a crack commando group trained by Major ATM Haider (Ex SSG commando) of Sector 2, and the simultaneous mining and damaging of ships in Chittagong, Chandpur, Mongla and Narayanganj on the 15th of August, which known in Bangladesh and international media as Operation Jackpot.
Setup and Training
After initial training in Delhi under commader Sharma and *** chief Brd. Gupta, from April 25 to May 15, the Indian trainers planned for bigger actions. The river transport system was vital for economic activity given the primitive state of the road and railways system of the then East Pakistan. Indian commander Bhattachariya, major Jalil and Colonel M.A.G. Osmani in collaboration with top regional commanders established the secret camp codenamed C2P in Plassy, West Bengal on May 23, to train volunteers selected from various Mukti Bahini sectors (Bangladesh was divided in 10 operational sectors for Mukti Bahini operations) for this purpose. Initially 300 volunteers were chosen, ultimately 499 commandos were trained in the camp. The course included swimming, survival training, using limpet mines, hand to hand combat and navigation. By August 1971, the first batch of commandos were ready for operation.
What did he say wrong?! That role of Bangladeshis in winning the war in 1971 with Indian help?! or that Pakistan was beaten comprehensively in 1971?! or the quality of the Bangladeshi officers?
