Fall of Dacca

why is there a video ad from freedom's watch, a bunch of neo-con iraq war supporters, on the article?

extremely adverse conditions of (1) being very badly out-numbered in men and material – 3 Indian Corps against One and that too lame



HAHAHA...when paki soldiers sneak up on peaks vacated by indian soldiers, that's a tactically brilliant move..when pakis are forced to drop their chaddis and surrender, there's always a ready excuse.


propagating the imaginary atrocities against the Bengalis and particularly the Hindus of East Pakistan


yeah..imaginary atrocities...

Mr Jafri,

For God sake, do us a favor and spare us this we all are responsible forgive my language 'crap'. We deserve better and you have the opportunity and more importantly ethical responsibility to tell the truth and the WHOLE TRUTH, nothing less. How old are you? How much time do you have left? You must come clean and tell the people of this poor country what happened, in detail. If you fail to do so then you will also like many others be guilty of hiding the truth. Forgive me for being so harsh, but what happened in East Pakistan was far more indecent.

A rather shallow analysis.Senile old man and given to lying.He has been a consistent supporter of Musharraf too.Real job seeker old man .For Gods sake stop lying Mr Jaafri.

Bhai Jaan itna jhoot theek nahin.Read Sultan Khan Foreign Secretary of Pakistans book.He has admitted that at least half a million Bengalis were killed.

rf786...but that would mean that he would have 2 grow a concience...ahhhhh u stupid stupid man

This is very old story over 36 years ago and no body remembers. General PM said is right time to forgive BD and forget. Democratic national language denial started imposing URDU by QAMA Jinnah started BD on dark skinned people.
Now same thing is going with B.Stan and mohajirs of denying control on gas and nationalist aspirations MQM.
All is lie, BB will do any thing to drop corrouption charges, general will fire judges, army will take overs to control and exploit for economic advantages. Everybody is lieing and just racing, local elites to show gora chamadi american elites overlords of pakistan they are more loyal than royals.It is all race to become slave. Even pious Jihad has become harami,Mr. Masadi and people like Aga Amin showed like xray shot its all about money and corrouption. Things are going to be really bad under BB and general and it will horrible corrouption . Army and america may be on oneside but allah on otherside is going to punish all corroupt and elites in pakistan and usa.Its all unaduldrated Lafangebazi.

please editors of chowk. This has happened some 40 years ago. Many more lucid and factual analytical pieces/books/reports etc have been writen since then on this subject. And these throw some very good light on the events as they happened then.

Why then do we have to be inflicted by apologias of a poor quality?

The usuaul shameless tripe from the pro-NaPak fouj establishment. The only entity responsible for the tragedy of East Pakistan is NaPak fouj. IN their shamless efforts to divert attention from real culprits they do not spare any effort to shift the blame over the Quaid-e-Azam. Neither Quaid nor people of West Pakistan can be blamed for something that they had absolutely no control over.

Read this and tell me how none but fouj can be held responsible for breaking our country.

The people of East Pakistan were 54% of the polpulation:

* Among the 19 Federal Secraterias none was from East Pakistan.

* Among the 41 Joint Secrateries only 3 were from EP

* Among the 133 Deputy Secrarties only 10 were from EP.

* Among the 548 Under Secrataries only 38 were from EP

So this was the extent of participation of EP in a government run by a military dictator of NaPak fouj. Now here is the distribution of resources under the military dicattorship:

* First Five Year Plan the 54% of the population of EP gets only 26% share of resources.

* Second Five Year Plan the EP gets only 32% share of resources

* Third Five Year Plan that ended in 1970 the EP got only 36% share of resources.

Where was the money. It was being used to pamaper the memebers of mafia of Napak fouj. Na Pak fouj was building cantonments, hospitals, schools, banks, and what not to benefit just themselves with all that money that belonged to the people of Pakistan.

The tradition of East India company of which NaPak fouj is the Naajaiz Aulaad, still continues to this day. Now the NapPak fouj is the biggest property dealer in Pakistan. They are the political party with most deadly weapons in the world. They do not hesitate to massacre school children. The butcher of Islamabad is a fouji dicatator who massacred over 1500 school children in a day in Islamabad in this day and age. And you have the testicles to comne on this forum and tell us, the people of Pakistan, that we are to blame for all the tragedies that has befallen on Pakistan?? Come to think of it, I would say that you are right because it is our fault that we were eating grass to raise the snakes and haramkhors of fouj. These rabid dogs should have been shot and put to kennels the very first day.

NaPak fouj and only NaPak fouj is absolutely responsible for the tragedy of East Pakistan. NaPak fouj is the criminal who has committed the grave crimes against the people of Pakistan. Stop writing these sappy episodes and take the blame like half the men that you criminals should have been.

Jafri:

Just to refresh your memory before you try to appear so "united we stand" Pakistani again:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMg9Ly9nK0g

Do you remember any of this? Wasn't it your boss Rao Farman Ali aka the Butcher of Dhakka who ordered this? Were you there on that day?

Apni auqaat main raho fouji. Tum log mujrim pesha thug ho and nothing more. Spare us your sermons ok?

The way author started the article it got reader's attention expecting some honest facts from an insider. It turns out this oldman is still living in cuckoland. Shameless blame shifting and downplaying the atrocities. yes everyone was equally responsible...Sheeda from Mianwali and Gen sahib bahadur Rao Farman Ali khan to Yahiya Khan all were equally responsible. shame on you Mr Jafri...tangeiN kabar mein hai, abh tou kuchh sach bol jatay?

That's why the lifting of the Emasculating Emergency was moved a day earlier -- from Army Emasculation Day of December 16, -- (as originally planned) -- to December 15, 2007.

wonder if manto, the genocide denier, has seen this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwwPbkyZVJo

Re: # 10

Urstruly Sahib:

You are honest and accepting man, who speaks his heart out. This is just one scene, I saw on BBC / ITN each day in those fate-ful days. Such shameless acts, who begged and got safety of their lives when they surrendered. Did they care to give guarantee of life to students and women?

I get angry when I see, so much vivdly comes back 35 years later.

People like Yasser need to learn to accept that horrible acts were committed by the protectors. Period. No ifs no but. Till then, I am sorry.

Re: # 7

Ahmedmadani Sahib:

"...This is very old story over 36 years ago and no body remembers...."

Bangladeshis remember it. Sad you do not remember, you may repeat the same horrors. No matter who prompts you to do, Americans, Indians whoever. Before you get carried away, I protested Indira Gandhi's actions in Golden Temple.

Re: # 10 Rao Farman ali escaped in last helicopter going to burma. He removed punjabi nurses of army and got in helicopterand escaped from Indian net to catch him.