২৪ নভেম্বর, ১৯৭১

November 24, 1971

 

• Chaugachha is freed after 45-hour long war for four days. Many officers including Captain Huda and MA Manzur led the Muktibahini during this long bloody battle.

 

• A Muktibahini plane attacks Chittagong port, Anandabazar says quoting a BBC report. Naval commandos sank a gun boat, two oil tankers and four food carrying ships.

 

• Indian PM Indira Gandhi says in the parliament that India will not declare emergency. She denies Pakistan’s allegation mentioning it as ‘false’.

 

• Pakistan will welcome any international intervention to pacify the condition. They urge the US and the USSR to look into the matter.

 

• All holidays of Pakistan army officers and soldiers cancelled. They are ordered to report as soon as possible. Without any prior notice, a curfew is imposed in Dhaka.